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Sheriff's Office Investigating Drowning at Hudson Valley Creek


A 20 year old Town of Poughkeepsie man has died after an incident at the Wappinger Creek on Tuesday June 29th.
At approximately 6:20pm, on Tuesday June 29th, The Duchess County Sheriff s Office, New Hackensack Fire Department and the Town of Wappinger Ambulance were all dispatched to the Wappinger Creek area on New Hackensack road behind the Wappingers Falls Trailer Park after reports of a possible drowning.
The first responders to the scene began the search for an apparent missing male swimmer, using a local citizen s rowboat to aid in search efforts.  It was during that time that a number of additional local resources were called to the scene, including the Dutchess County Department of Emergency Response, New York State Police, swift-water rescue teams from the Arlington and LaGrange Fire Departments, the New Hamburg Fire Department boat, as well as the Dutchess County Sheriff s Office Marine Patrol, and Underwater Search and Recovery Team and Detective Bureau. ....

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