Man drowns in Lake St. Clair during work party

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The Macomb County Sheriff's Department is investigating the drowning of a 34-year-old man in Lake St. Clair Friday.

Deputies were called to the 33000 block of North River Road in Harrison Township around 5:30 p.m. The caller reported that while at a work function, a colleague went swimming behind the house in Lake St. Clair and was missing.

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Harrison Township deputies, along with the Macomb County Marine Division, began to canvass the area.

The Harrison Township Fire Department Dive Rescue Team found the man near the shore around 6 p.m.

The man was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:42 p.m.

The man was from India, living in Michigan on a work visa.