2 teenage girls drown off Coney Island: police

A pair of teenage girls drowned in the waters off Coney Island on Friday night, according to cops.

The two girls, 17 and 18, went missing in the water around 8:10 p.m. near Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn before they were found on the shoreline at 9:15 p.m., police said.

Both victims were taken to Coney Island Hospital where they were pronounced dead, the NYPD said.

A pair of teenage girls drowned in the waters off Coney Island on Friday night, according to cops.
A pair of teenage girls drowned in the waters off Coney Island on Friday night, according to cops. Wayne Carrington

The two girls, 17 and 18, went missing in the water around 8:10 p.m. near Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn before they were found on the shoreline at 9:15 p.m.
The two girls, 17 and 18, went missing in the water around 8:10 p.m. near Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn before they were found on the shoreline at 9:15 p.m. Wayne Carrington

Cops initially received information about a 24-year-old man who was also missing in the water, but that report was later unfounded.

The tragic deaths come a week after two teenage boys were swept away off of Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways, Queens and later found dead. 

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