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38-year-old dead after attempting to rescue 17 and 21-year-old swimmers at Rhode Island beach
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management is confirming the death of a 38-year-old man who tried to rescue two swimmers who were in distress at Scarborough North State Beach shortly before 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
According to Mike Healey of RIDEM, witnesses stated that a 17-year-old boy went into the water and quickly became distressed. A 21-year-old woman, who came to the beach with the teenager, saw him from the shoreline and went in to help him, but also struggled. The decedent, who did not know either swimmer, then went out to try to rescue them.
Swimmers from the DEM Division of Law Enforcement and Narragansett Police Department were able to rescue the boy and woman and help bring the man aboard a Narragansett Fire Department boat, which took him to Point Judith. All victims were taken to South County Hospital, where the man was pronounced dead, and the boy and woman were released.
DEM will release the decedent’s name and hometown pending notification of family members.
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