CEDAR HILLS, Ore. — A Beaverton man is dead after a car drove into Commonwealth Lake on Monday morning, the Washington County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) reported. Commonwealth Lake is located in Cedar Hills, about two miles north of Beaverton.
WCSO deputies responded to a report that a car had gone into the lake at 5:15 a.m. Monday. They found the vehicle partially submerged. Once the car was removed from the lake, deputies found a man inside. He was dead.
The sheriff's office identified the man in the car as 56-year-old Mark Shelton of Beaverton.
The sheriff's office said deputies determined the vehicle drove into the lake at 3:24 a.m.
The sheriff's office said an investigation is ongoing. No other details were released.
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