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An Ohio teenager is dead after drowning in Nags Head

Nags Head Police say the body was an 18-year-old visitor from Columbus, Ohio.

NAGS HEAD, N.C. — A body was pulled out of the ocean on Wednesday in Nags Head.

Nags Head Police say the body was an 18-year-old visitor from Columbus, Ohio. Officers were called to the Gull Street Public Beach Access a little before 3 p.m. for swimmers in distress.

According to Greenville CBS affiliate WNCT, two of the swimmers made it back to shore with one getting help from a lifeguard. The third swimmer was not seen at the time. 

A Nags Head police officer found the third swimmer with a drone. Both rescued swimmers were taken to a local hospital to be checked out. 

The identity of the victim has not been released. 

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