Jet Skier Found Dead In Connecticut River

CT Environmental Conservation Police officers are investigating a boating fatality believed to involve a single jet skier on the Connecticut River.

The area where the body was found in the Connecticut River.
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Kathy Reakes

08/10/2021 9:00 a.m.

The jet skier was found around 4:45 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 8, in Middlesex County in Haddam, after DEEP received calls from passing boaters of a jet ski adrift near the Salmon River boat launch, said Tony Russell, spokesman for DEEP.

A police boat arrived on the scene in less than 15 minutes recovered a body from the water, Russell said.

The victim’s identification is being withheld pending next-of-kin notifications.

Middlesex County is included in the Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown metropolitan area known as Greater Hartford.

The Salmon River boat launch is currently closed due to the ongoing investigation.

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