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The crash happened just before 11 a.m. at the St. Lucie County Line, and led Florida Highway Patrol state troopers to close southbound lanes until roughly 12:15 p.m.
A doctor pronounced him dead at the hospital at 3:50 p.m. Friday evening, according to an Indian River County Sheriff’s Office report.
A Vero Beach police officer made the first 911 call about a possible drowning at the school at 2:49 p.m.
Lt. Phil Huddy couldn’t jump into the water to help look for Termidor because of a broken leg, said Master Police Officer Darrell Rivers.
Huddy called 911 and performed CPR on Termidor after he was found in the water by a classmate and an off-duty Brevard County firefighter.
Termidor was in the water about 10 minutes before his classmates realized he was missing, according to the Sheriff’s Office report.
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY An 18-year-old private school student died after he was pulled from the Indian River Lagoon and taken to a hospital Friday evening.
Officials said Beniske Termador died in a tragic accident after he jumped off a dock into water roughly 10 feet deep shortly before 3 p.m. at St. Edward s School, according to Indian River County Sheriff s Office.
The school is off Highway A1A south of Beachland Boulevard.
Sheriff s Office spokeswoman Debbie Carson said the incident was reported to emergency workers by callers who said a student had drowned in the river. I can confirm that there was a call of a drowning and CPR was performed, said Carson.