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Pottstown, PA
News
Man, 26, Missing After Boat Tipped In Schuylkill River Near Pottstown: Officials Man, 26, Missing After Boat Tipped In Schuylkill River Near Pottstown: Officials
Man, 26, Missing After Boat Tipped In Schuylkill River Near Pottstown: Officials A 26-year-old man is missing after a small boat tipped over on the Schuylkill River in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, authorities announced Monday, June 2. Two people were on board a canoe or small boat when it lost power near the Keim Street Bridge construction dam around 8:45 p.m. on Sunday, June 1, according to dispatch logs and local officials. The incident happened near the 900 block of Industrial Highway, where emergency crews from both Chester and Montgomery counties quickly responded. One person made it to shore, but the second—a man believed to be  26-years-old, white, and about 6 f…

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by Jillian Pikora
Abington, PA
News
Search For Missing DCNR Ranger Continues, Tyler State Park Remains Closed: PA State Police Search For Missing DCNR Ranger Continues, Tyler State Park Remains Closed: PA State Police
Search For Missing Dcnr Ranger Continues, Tyler State Park Remains Closed: PA State Police The search is still underway for a missing Pennsylvania park ranger whose kayak capsized in the Neshaminy Creek, state police said on Saturday, May 24. The 38-year-old man from Delaware County vanished around noon on Friday, May 23, while boating in the creek at Tyler State Park in Newtown Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police Troop M – Dublin Station. He has since been identified as a Park Resource Ranger with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). His kayak overturned during a routine patrol, triggering a multi-agency response. Search and recovery efforts…

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by Jillian Pikora
Lancaster, PA
Obituaries
Lititz Mennonite Teen From Manheim Dies Kayaking: Authorities Lititz Mennonite Teen From Manheim Dies Kayaking: Authorities
Lititz Mennonite Teen From Manheim Dies Kayaking: Authorities A 16-year-old Mennonite boy has died in a kayaking accident, authorities confirmed to Daily Voice on Thursday, Aug. 1.  Rylan Trent Weiler of Manheim died while kayaking Hammond Lake in the Tioga-Hammond Lakes Recreation Area at approximately 8:17 a.m. on Saturday, July 27, the PA Fish and Boat Commission told Daily Voice. "The victim was not wearing a life jacket at the time of the incident," a spokesperson with the Commission added.  Emergency crews came to Ives Run Lane for a reported "Water Rescue Missing kayaker" around 9 a.m., as stated in a release by Middlebury Township V…

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by Jillian Pikora
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Missing Man, 85, Found During Late Night Thunderstorms At South Jersey Golf Course Missing Man, 85, Found During Late Night Thunderstorms At South Jersey Golf Course
Missing Man, 85, Found During Late Night Thunderstorms At South Jersey Golf Course An elderly man was found at an Atlantic County golf course overnight after he went missing for several hours in severe weather, authorities said. In a news release, Egg Harbor Township police said 85-year-old Mu Lee was reunited with his family at around 12:20 a.m. on Wednesday, July 17. Employees at Green Tree Golf Course reported him missing at around 6:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16. Green Tree workers told police they were worried Lee hadn't been seen for several hours. He was known to play at the course and go golfing by himself. Lee's cellphone and other belongings were found …

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by Chris Spiker
Danbury, CT
Police & Fire
New Update: Missing Candlewood Lake Swimmers ID'd As Men Ages 38, 26 New Update: Missing Candlewood Lake Swimmers ID'd As Men Ages 38, 26
New Update: Missing Candlewood Lake Swimmers ID'd As Men Ages 38, 26 As the search continues for two missing men in a Fairfield County lake, new information has emerged about the incident. Related: Search Resumes For 2 Missing Swimmers In Candlewood Lake In Danbury Update: Bodies Of 2 Missing Swimmers Found In Candlewood Lake The two men, identified as being 26 and 38 years old, went missing in Danbury on Candlewood Lake in the area of City Island around 10:30 p.m., Monday, July 15. According to James Fowler, spokesperson for the state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection, five people spent the day on a boat at Candlewood Lake. During t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Car Pulled From Waters Of Marina On Long Island Car Pulled From Waters Of Marina On Long Island
Car Pulled From Waters Of Marina On Long Island Firefighters, a dive team, and tactical rescue workers were on standby after a car ended up submerged in the water of a Long Island marina. It happened on Saturday, July 13 in Islip, according to the Islip Fire Department. At approximately 5:20 a.m., the department was notified that there was a car in the waters of Islip Marina, located at the end of Maple Street off Bayview Ave. The department responded, calling a nearby dive team in the event that passengers were still in the car. Once on the scene, the department said it confirmed that nobody was in the vehicle, canceling the nearb…

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by Sophie Grieser
Lakewood, NJ
News
Dive Teams Pull Victim From NJ Pond In 2nd Possible Drowning In 12 Hours Dive Teams Pull Victim From NJ Pond In 2nd Possible Drowning In 12 Hours
Dive Teams Pull Victim From NJ Pond In 2nd Possible Drowning In 12 Hours Less than 12 hours after responding to a drowning a Crystal Lake, dive teams and emergency responders from across Ocean County were called to a similar incident. This time, in one of the ponds off of Whitesbog Road in Manchester Township, responders said. According to the Whiting Fire Department, dive teams responded to the scene just after 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 22, on reports of a victim submerged in one of the ponds. The victim was subsequently found by members of the Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company and transferred to RWJBarnabas Health paramedics, the fire department said. The victi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Rutherford, NJ
News
Search Ends When Passaic River 'Jumper' Shows Up Onshore Search Ends When Passaic River 'Jumper' Shows Up Onshore
Search Ends When Passaic River 'Jumper' Shows Up Onshore It was a case of all’s well that ends well – except for the amount of resources that were needed – when a report that a man had jumped into the Passaic River proved unfounded Thursday. Passaic police said they found the city man whom responders initially thought had jumped from the Union Avenue Bridge in Rutherford. By that point, requests had gone out for rescue boats and dive teams from Oradell, East Rutherford and North Arlington to converge on the southwest corner of the bridge. An ambulance also was sent to the nearby boat ramp. Responders would never think not to bring every resourc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Jet Ski Rider Dead In Ocean County Accident ID'd Jet Ski Rider Dead In Ocean County Accident ID'd
Jet Ski Rider Dead In Ocean County Accident ID'd A man died after being thrown from a jet ski in Ocean County over the weekend, authorities said. Salvatore Cusimano, 49, of West Creek, was operating the watercraft when he was ejected in Sahara Sands Quarry, in Eagleswood, around 2:30 p.m., State Police said. Cusimano's body was recovered by dive teams, and with help from local, county and state officials, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Lyndhurst, NJ
Police & Fire
HEROES: Good Samaritan Dives Into Frigid Passaic River To Rescue Woman In Sinking Sedan HEROES: Good Samaritan Dives Into Frigid Passaic River To Rescue Woman In Sinking Sedan
Heroes: Good Samaritan Dives Into Frigid Passaic River To Rescue Woman In Sinking Sedan A young woman whose car rolled off Route 21 into the Passaic River was rescued Monday morning by a Good Samaritan who pulled her from her sinking sedan and a police officer who threw them a lifeline, responders said. "She was going north on Route 21 around 10:30 [a.m.] when she lost control and the car went over the guardrail," one said. "It flipped three or four times and landed in the river." A Belleville police officer arrived as the passerby jumped in. He threw them a safety preserver ring and pulled both to shore, a local police officer said. Dive teams from Lyndhurst, Wallington, N…

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by Jerry DeMarco