MARBLETOWN – A 15-year-old Poughkeepsie boy drowned Saturday afternoon at a swimming hole on Rondout Creek near High Falls Waterfall on Roue 213 in Marbletown.
State Police said the preliminary investigation revealed that the victim, later identified as Matthew Strahan, had gone to the swimming hole to swim with a 24-year-old woman who is a family friend.
After being in the water for several minutes, the youth slipped under the waterfall. Several bystanders saw Stahan go underwater and tried unsuccessfully to rescue him.
A State Police Underwater Recovery Team member located the teen in about eight to 10 feet of water.
He received lifesaving measures at the scene and was transported to HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston where he died.
State Police were assisted at the scene by Rosendale Police, Marbletown Rescue Squad, Ulster County Sheriff’s Office, fire departments from High Falls, Stone Ridge, Ulster Hose, and Kripplebush, a City of Kingson Fire Department paramedic.
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