POLICE will prepare a report for the coroner after a teenage boy drowned while swimming at Lake Nagambie on Saturday afternoon.
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Search and Rescue divers retrieved the body of a 17-year-old Kangaroo Flat boy about 9am on Sunday morning.
Police believe the teenager may have got into difficulty when swimming with friends near Vickers Road.
Investigators were told the boy's friends attempted to assist him but lost sight of him in the water.
Officers from Seymour who were nearby at the time also attempted to locate the boy.
A post-mortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death.
The lake is a popular tourist spot east of Bendigo that often attracts people swimming, waterskiing, canoeing and sailing.
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