Fourth drowning in less than four weeks in Bucks County. What happened on Biles Island
Falls police are investigating a fatal drowning in the Delaware River that happened Saturday evening.
Police were dispatched shortly after 6 p.m. to an area of Biles Island where they learned four men were swimming in the coves when two were pulled out by the current, said Lt. Christopher Clark.
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A nearby boater who saw what happened was able to rescue one of the men by throwing him a float, then bringing him to shore. When the boater returned for the second man he saw him slip beneath the water, Clark said.
The Trenton Dive Team and New Jersey State police located the body of the 37-year-old Trenton man at 7:30 p.m. The man, whose name was not released pending next-of-kin identification, was taken to Capital Health System where he was pronounced dead at 8 p.m.
The drowning death is the fourth in less than a last month across Bucks County.
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This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Man drowns in Delaware River in Bucks County
