Swimmer Drowns in the Poconos
Name of 25-year-old man not yet released
Saturday, Jul 4, 2009 | Updated 3:49 PM EST
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A weekend get-together turned deadly when a 25-year-old man tried to help another swimmer in distress.
DINGMAN'S FERRY, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a 25-year-old New Jersey man died as he was trying to aid another swimmer in a Pocono Mountain stream.
The Jersey City resident, whose name has not been released, apparently got into trouble sometime before 2 p.m. in Adams Creek in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
Officials say 10 people were swimming in a waterfall pool more than two miles up the trail. Deb Nordeen of the National Park Service says the victim was trying to rescue another swimmer in the rain-swollen stream when he drowned. She says his body was submerged for an hour and located by a diver in a spot where the water was 17 feet deep.
Pike county Coroner Kevin Stroyan says it appears to have been "a tragic accident."
Copyright Associated Press
Posted Friday, Jul 17, 2009 - 5:58 PM EST
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