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Divers recovered the body of 18-year-old Eshan Aman Ullah, of Randolph, after he went missing while swimming with three others in the Clinton Reservoir in West Milford Tuesday evening, local police said.
Ullah's body was found at approximately 12:10 p.m. by NJSP TEAMS divers after utilizing State Police and Passaic County Sheriff side scan sonar equipment, West Milford police announced.
Ullah was swimming with another 18-year-old man, an 18-year-old woman, and two 17-year-olds when he disappeared while swimming toward a small island at the Clinton Reservoir within the Newark Watershed Property in West Milford Township around 6:50 p.m., West Milford police said.
West Milford patrol officers and the West Milford Police Department Special Operations Unit responded and began searching for Ullah. The New Jersey State Police Aviation Unit was requested and NJSP Northstar responded to the area and conducted a grid search of the reservoir.
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