Coroner identifies man pulled from Lake Mohave

A man pulled from Lake Mohave on Saturday has been identified by the Clark County Coroner as Alejandro Rodriguez of Fontana, California.

Bystanders pulled the man from Lake Mohave on Saturday and administered CPR but could not save him.

Just after 2 p.m., Lake Mead Recreation Area officials received a call reporting a possible drowning at Cottonwood Cove on Lake Mohave, National Park Service spokeswoman Christie Vanover said.

National Park Service rangers, Nevada Department of Wildlife wardens and Clark County emergency medical personnel responded and took over patient care, Vanover said, but

Rodriguez could not be revived.

His cause and manner of death are pending, but park officials said had was not wearing a life jacket. The National Park Service continues to investigate the death.

As of June 5, there had been four possible drownings at Lake Mead, park service spokeswoman Chelsea Kennedy said. In 2016, the National Park Service reported three possible drownings at Lake Mead.

Rodriguez is the fifth for 2017. year’s three-day total. Metro reported 443 calls on the first night and 305 on the second. In 2016, Metro received 617 medical calls by the festival’s conclusion.

Eleven festivalgoers have gone to the hospital from this year’s EDC — six the first night and five the second night, police said. In 2016, the festival had 17 visits.

This year’s event coincides with an excessive heat watch issued by the National Weather Service. The average temperature for this time of year is about 100 degrees, but highs for EDC weekend have exceeded 110, with lows in the mid-80s.

Metro said it made four DUI arrests and 27 narcotics-related arrests on Saturday; on Friday 29 narcotics arrests and no DUI arrests were made.

In 2016, 101 EDC attendees were arrested on narcotics charges, beating all previous records for drug arrests since EDC’S move to Las Vegas in 2011.

Overnight Saturday, there were also eight misdemeanor arrests, two misdemeanor citations and nine traffic citations, Metro said.

Insomniac Productions, which stages the festival, reported an increase in ejections compared with 2016. The company said 77 people were ejected Saturday, bringing the two-day ejection total to 195 — a 76 percent jump. Michael Way, near North Rancho Drive.

Firefighters found Vega unresponsive inside the second-story apartment’s door. He was pronounced dead at University Medical Center. The Las Vegas Fire Department said a flash fire likely started while the man was cooking, causing the burns to his face and hands.

Cause and manner of death are still pending at the coroner’s office.