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A 5-year-old girl is missing and her father is dead after they were swept into the ocean by a wave at Garrapata State Park along the Big Sur coast Friday afternoon, according to authorities.

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office responded to the incident, which occurred just before 1 p.m. Friday when the girl’s father attempted to rescue her from waves measuring 15 to 20 feet, authorities said.

Both were swept into the ocean, officials said in a statement , and the girl’s mother was also pulled into the water as she tried to reach out to them.

While the woman was able to get back to shore on her own, an off-duty California State Parks peace officer pulled the man from the water a

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