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Colorado Springs boy dies days after he was found unresponsive in Nebraska lake

Posted at 7:31 PM, Jul 24, 2018
and last updated 2018-07-24 21:31:52-04

 A 4-year-old Colorado boy pulled from the water of a western Nebraska lake last week has died.
  
The Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Office says in a new release that the boy, Messiah White of Colorado Springs, died early Tuesday at a Denver hospital.
  
Messiah was found unresponsive Saturday in the water at Lake Minatare State Recreation Area in western Nebraska.
  
CPR was performed on the boy, who was flown to a Scottsbluff hospital and later transported to the Denver hospital.
  
The boy’s death has been ruled accidental.

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