FILLMORE — Deputies have identified a man who drowned in the Meadow Hot Pots in Millard County on Friday evening.

Witnesses called police when Shane Stewart, 49, of Fillmore, dove into the bottom of the one of the hot spring pools Friday evening and didn't resurface.

Deputies, EMS and scuba divers found the man unresponsive several feet down in the pool. He did not regain conciousness despite rescue efforts, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Shane's family and friends in this time of tragic loss," the Millard County Sheriff's Office stated in a news release.

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