CALLICOON – A 41-year-old Livingston Manor man was found dead inside a submerged vehicle in a creek in the Town of Callicoon, officials from the State Department of Environmental Conservation said.
The victim’s name was not immediately released.
Sullivan County dispatch requested a forest ranger at 9 a.m. on July 29 for assistance in the search for occupants of a vehicle submerged in a creek.
A Ranger Swift Water Rescue Team already staged in Orange County responded with an inflatable boat.
Seven rangers assisted the Sullivan County Swift Water Rescue Team, Sullivan County Search and Rescue, fire departments from Callicoon, Hortonville, and North Branch, Delaware EMS, State Police, Sullivan County Sheriff’s deputies, and Sullivan County Emergency Management in the search for the vehicle.
At 11:20 a.m., a ranger crew located the victim.
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