POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Two adults lost their lives Sunday in two separate drownings in Polk and Highlands counties.

"It's a tragedy on a Sunday afternoon in Frostproof,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd in a recorded video Sunday.

Judd said his deputies and members of the Frostproof Fire Department found the body of Pierre Plourde, 52, at the bottom of Lake Clinch 150 yards offshore.

It was too late to save him.

"Pierre Plourde was doing what he should have been doing with his family, and he was on Lake Clinch having a great time,” said the sheriff.

The sheriff said, when his beached boat began to float away, Plourde swam out to get it.

He was in distress, screaming for help and went under the water.

A friend tried to help but was unable.

That same afternoon, on Lake Damon i

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