by Staff | Sep 23, 2019 7:47 am

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Posted to: West River

Emergency workers Sunday night found and retrieved the body of a man who drowned in the West River.

City emergency operations chief Rick Fontana sent these photos and the following write-up:

New Haven personnel were dispatched to the West River near 30 Orange Ave. for the report of a person in the water.

Upon arrival it was learned that a male subject entered the water to swim and was pulled under due to the strong current. There were several reported witnesses to this incident.

NHFD, AMR and multiple other Fire Agencies including Milford, Guilford FD dive teams and West Haven Fire department responded to assist in the search and rescue. This became a recovery effort and a body was located in the river near the last observed location at approximately 2145 hours by NHFD using underwater sonar equipment.

Divers brought the body up. The decedent was positively identified as a 48 year-old male and next of kin was notified. The Chief Medical Examiner’s Office responded.