A teenager is dead after going for a dip in a New Jersey swimming hole over the weekend. Officials in Essex County say swimming is prohibited in that area because it's so dangerous. NickJCaloway reports from Cedar Grove.
-- A teenager is dead after going for a dip in a New Jersey swimming hole over the weekend.And as CBS New York found out, it's not the first time someone died there.
Police say a 16-year-old boy from Newark was with family and friends when he went into the water and didn't come up."Everybody was just trying to work together and do what they could to try to save his life. But, you know, unfortunately, he was under the water too long," said Dave Candido of the Cedar Grove Rescue Squad.
"It's just a terrible tragedy. It's something that I hope we never have to do again here, because, you know, the cost to families is just terrible," Candido said.Police say trespassers are not only endangering their own lives, but the lives of first responders.
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