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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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James Liddell

Bay Area man dies trying to save dog from surf on beach

A middle-aged man collapsed in the water at Ocean Beach during a dog rescue mission gone wrong - (Getty)

A man died while attempting to rescue his dog from the ocean in the Bay Area shortly after entering the surf, officials say.

Witnesses saw a full-clothed man, believed to be middle-aged, enter the water along Ocean Beach just before 2:10 p.m., the San Francisco Fire Department said in a statement late Thursday.

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