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Texas Man Drowns In Mpls. Hotel Pool

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- A man from Texas drowned at a Minneapolis hotel Sunday night.

According to the Hennepin County Sheriff's Office, it happened around 6 p.m. at a swimming pool at Ramada Inn on Industrial Boulevard.

The 21-year-old man started to struggle when he entered the deep end of the indoor pool.

He ended up at the bottom of the pool and his family wasn't able to pull him out.

Hotel employees and bystanders eventually got him out, and emergency crews arrived and performed CPR.

He was brought to Hennepin County Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate.

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