(Update) Body Of Missing Boater From Springfield Found In Connecticut River

UPDATE: Massachusetts State Environmental Police said they found the body of 51-year-old Carlos Lopez in the Connecticut River on Tuesday, May 30, authorities said. He had been missing since his jetski collided with a boat on Sunday.

Massachusetts State Police divers, seen here in an unrelated search, are one of several police agencies searching for a 51-year-old Springfield man who went missing after his jet ski crashed into a boat in Northampton on Sunday, May 28.
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Josh Lanier

05/30/2023 1:13 p.m.

Investigators found his body near where the collision happened in Easthampton. He was about 15 below the surface and 150 feet from the shore, authorities said. Check back with the Daily Voice for updates as police are expected to release more information this afternoon.

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Massachusetts State Police and nearly a dozen other police agencies on Tuesday, May 30, resumed their search for a 51-year-old Springfield man who went missing after his jet ski collided with a boat over the weekend.

Carlos Lopez fell into the Connecticut River in Northampton around 7 p.m. on Sunday, May 28, state police said. State environmental officers rescued an Agawam woman and a Chicopee man who were on the boat and rushed them to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Search teams had side-scan sonar equipment, which provides them with a better view of the river bed, to locate Lopez, authorities said.

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