Colorado teenager dies after jumping into electrified lake in Virginia

A Colorado teenager reportedly died after jumping into an electrified lake during a Fourth of July celebration.

Jesse Hamric, 18, was jumping into the water at Smith Mountain Lake outside Roanoke, Virginia, early Thursday morning when his friends immediately noticed something was wrong.

The friends jumped into the water behind Hamric and were themselves electrocuted as they entered the water. Despite their own injuries, they were able to pull Hamric out, according to WDBJ.

One of the friends began to resuscitate Hamric while another called for help.

Rescue workers arrived at around 4 a.m. and took Hamric to hospital, where he later died. His two friends suffered minor injuries.

An investigation by the fire department found that electrical currents were present in the water in which the teenager died. Police concluded that these were caused by stray voltages emanating from a boat dock at a nearby private home.

There is no suspicion of third-party negligence in the death.

Hamric is from Steamboat Springs and was visiting friends with his family at the time of the strange accident.

He had just graduated from high school in May, where he excelled on the football and baseball teams.

“Ever since I met this kid, he’s just one of a kind,” friend Alex Schwab told KDVR. “You see him and you think he always has a smile on his face.”

“I still can’t process it. It makes me so angry,” he added.