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SJSO: Man apparently drowns in Atlantic while on honeymoon

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office says a 22-year-old Iowa man apparently drowned while on his honeymoon Tuesday afternoon. Deputies say they responded to a condominium complex on A-1-A, south of Crescent Beach, and when they arrived they found Dalton Cottrell unresponsive. Deputies say he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

According to the incident report, The Sheriff’s Office says Cottrell’s wife told them they were on their honeymoon and were carried out deeper into the Atlantic because of the current. Deputies say she told them it was his first time ever in the ocean and he started to freak out. She tried to help but couldn’t because he kept pulling her under. She told them he was under water for about a minute before he came back up.

According to the report deputies are describing the death as accidental.

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