Courtesy of Ipswich Police Department
Chief Paul Nikas reports that the Ipswich Police Department and several partner agencies have located the body of a swimmer who went missing Friday morning in the area of Crane Beach.
The swimmer, Eric Pecina, 24, of Ipswich, was found at approximately 4:55 p.m. Friday in the area of Grape Island. He was pronounced dead on site, and his next of kin has been notified.
Ipswich Police were dispatched to Crane Beach after park rangers located a backpack unattended on the beach Friday at approximately 9:30 a.m.
A coordinated search and rescue effort was conducted today by Ipswich Police, Ipswich Fire, the U.S. Coast Guard, Massachusetts State Police Dive Team, Quincey Police Harbor Unit, Salisbury Harbor Unit and the Massachusetts Environmental Police.
PLYMOUTH – It may just be the ultimate Earth Day project.
Volunteers this week pitched in to help plant some 500 trees and shrubs along a meandering stream bed that just two months ago was a man-made pond feeding old cranberry bogs.
Alissa Young, the property manager for Tidmarsh Wildlife Sanctuary in Manomet, acknowledges it looks a bit like a war zone today, with stumps and brush scattered in piles across the muddy landscape.
But in just a few weeks, the property at 60 Beaver Dam Road should already start looking better. And before long, visitors to the nature trail system will have trouble distinguishing it from the hundreds of adjacent acres where cranberry was also once king.
UpdatedFri, Apr 23, 2021 at 7:37 pm ET
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State police, local police and fire, and U.S. Coast Guard boats and helicopters were involved in the search for a man who went missing in the frigid waters off Crane Beach during a planned, early Friday morning swim. (Shutterstock)
Updated Friday at 7 p.m.
IPSWICH, MA The search for a 28-year-old man believed to have attempted a morning swim from Crane Beach to Plum Island Friday morning ended with the apparent location of the missing swimmer s body.
Ipswich Police Chief Paul Nikas said the U.S. Coast Guard notified police the body was found late Friday afternoon.
Missing swimmer off Ipswich coast found dead, identified as Eric Pecina, police say
Updated 10:54 AM;
Authorities on Friday recovered the body of a swimmer who went missing off the Ipswich coast earlier in the day.
The body of 24-year-old Eric Pecina, of Ipswich, was found at 4:55 p.m. near Grape Island, according to Ipswich police. Pecina was pronounced dead at the site.
Officials started searching for Pecina earlier in the day after park rangers found a backpack unattended on Crane Beach around 9:30 a.m. Friday, police said.
While Pecina’s death remains under investigation, police said the initial investigation indicates the cause of death is accidental.
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