A 25 year old Sacramento man drowned in the American River Sunday around 3:30 p.m. during a swim with friends.

The victim, a friend and the friend’s 12-year-old daughter swam to an island off the Howe Avenue Boat Launch Facility, near La Riviera Drive, and were swimming back to shore when the man got into trouble. The friend tried to help the man, but wasn’t able to according to relatives.

Sacramento City Fire crews responded to the scene to search for the man. Around 4:45 p.m., crews recovered the man’s body.

The friend and the 12-year-old girl were not injured during the incident.

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