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Oregon man drowns while trying to stay cool during heatwave

By Associated Press
Published: June 6, 2016, 11:31am

WOODBURN, Ore. — A dive team has recovered the body of a 36-year-old man who drowned in Marion County.

The Oregon State Police said Monday that Dagoberto Nava Castro of Woodburn vanished Sunday afternoon after jumping from a dock near the Wheatland Ferry boat ramp, an area of the Willamette River with swift undercurrents.

The dive team found the deceased swimmer at about 9 p.m.

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