Teen dies after hitting head while tubing at Lake Mead

A teenager died Saturday in a boating accident at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

He has been identified as 18-year-old Brycen Lee Coburn by the Mohave County, Arizona, medical examiner’s office. His death was ruled accidental by blunt force head trauma “due to a water craft accident.”

Emergency crews were called to the lake’s South Cove launching area, where they found Coburn unconscious but breathing after hitting his head while tubing behind a boat, according to National Park Service.

Bystanders helped get the teen to a nearby loading ramp to perform CPR, but when Mohave County medics arrived, the boy was pronounced dead.

Contact Alexis Egeland at aegeland@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0335. Follow @alexis_egeland on Twitter. Review-Journal staff writer Rio Lacanlale contributed to this report.