Saturday, June 25, 2011

Man Drowns in Chesapeake City Mooring Basin Prior to Start of Canal Day Festivities

  Chesapeake City, Md. -- A 25-year-old man drowned Friday, June 24, after falling off his boat in Chesapeake City, just hours before Canal Day festivities were set to get under way.
     The accident happened around 8 p.m. Friday as the boat was entering the mooring basin, said Sgt. A.A. Windemuth of the Maryland Natural Resources Police. Dive crews recovered the man’s body at about 9:45 p.m. and a forensic investigator was called. The man’s name has not been released, pending notification of his family.

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