One man is dead after a Friday evening boating accident at Lake Pueblo State Park, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

High winds overturned a boat with three anglers on Lake Pueblo at about 8 p.m. Friday, near Bogg’s Creek Cove, according to a news release from the agency.

None of them were wearing life jackets, agency officials said in the release.

Two adults were able to swim to shore, but the third was missing for nearly 23 hours before the state wildlife agency’s Marine Evidence Recovery Team found his body, the release stated.

The search — which involved state wildlife officers, Pueblo County sheriff’s deputies and a crew from the Pueblo West Fire Department — used multiple boats with sonar capabilities, an underwater robot, a drone to scan shorelines and thermal cameras to

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