Man dies on float trip in Laramie

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Jul 22, 2008 at 4:50 PM MST

Story Updated: Jul 22, 2008 at 4:50 PM MST

LARAMIE, WYOMING - A man died Saturday on a float trip down the Laramie River.

Fifty-three-year-old Ronald Benabese died while floating the river on inner-tubes with four or five friends on Saturday afternoon. The friends later told police that Benabese went under water about a mile north of the Optimist Park Greenbelt trailhead. Although they performed CPR on him, he was later pronounced dead at Ivinson Memorial Hospital.

Interim Laramie Police Chief Dale Stalder says Benabese's death is being classified as an accidental drowning. Benabese was originally from Arizona and was a student at WyoTech.

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