DEERFIELD — A 30-year-old man was pulled from the Connecticut River Saturday and was transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 2 p.m.
According to a Saturday press release from the Deerfield Police Department, the Deerfield, Greenfield and Turners Falls Fire Departments, South County Emergency Medical Services and Deerfield Police responded to an emergency on McClelland Farm Road in Deerfield at around 12:37 p.m.
The incident occurred just east of the General Pierce Bridge, where the Deerfield River feeds into the Connecticut River, according to Mary Carey, communications director at the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.
“We believe he was swimming with some other friends and apparently got into some deep water,” said Capt. Leon Ambo of the Turners Falls Fire Department when reached by telephone Saturday. Ambo could not provide any other information.
According to a Sunday press release from the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office, the man was caught in an eddy or circular current of water and pulled under. No foul play is suspected.
CPR was initiated and advanced level care was provided by South County EMS, according to Saturday’s release.
The incident is under investigation by the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit, the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office and Deerfield Police Department. The cause of death will be determined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, according to Sunday’s release.
According to Sunday’s release, the identity of the victim will be released after notification of next-of-kin.