Authorities in northeastern Pennsylvania say a fisherman died after he fell in a river and was swept away.
The (Hazleton) Standard Speaker reports that the 63-year-old man was fishing with a friend in the Lehigh River in Carbon County.
Chief Bill Bresnak of Kidder Township fire department said the man fell over at about 5 p.m. Thursday, went under the surface and was swept away by a strong current.
Bresnak said the body of the Luzerne County resident, whose name was not released, was recovered about a half-mile away around 7:30 p.m.
More than 35 people were needed to pull the man's body from the water due to conditions, including a strong current and a steep hill leading from the river, Bresnak told the Standard Speaker.
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He was pronounced dead at the scene.
