A view of Shasta Lake in California.

A 5-year-old died Monday after entering Shasta Lake without a life jacket, officials said. 

The child entered the water at Turntable Bay without a life jacket and went underwater before the parents could rescue them, the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Rescuers arrived in the area near Turntable Bay just before 11:30 a.m. after receiving a report of a child missing in the water. 

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