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Vancouver teen drowns at Camas’ Lacamas Lake

Police say 14-year-old Anthony Huynh had been jumping off Northeast Everett Street foot bridge, swimming in lake with friends before death

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(Photo by Wayne Havrelly/Post-Record) A depth of 12 feet, 4 inches is recorded on a pedestrian bridge crossing Lacamas Lake in Camas. The city of Camas’ Lacamas Lake Lodge and the Northeast Everett Street vehicle bridge are pictured in the background. Police say a 14-year-old boy who had been jumping off this bridge and swimming in Lacamas Lake Tuesday evening died from an apparent drowning.

A 14-year-old Vancouver boy drowned in Lacamas Lake Tuesday.

Camas police say Anthony T. Huynh went to the Camas lake with five friends around 4 p.m., Tuesday, and had been jumping into the lake from the Northeast Everett Street pedestrian bridge before becoming separated from the group.

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