Point Park Drowning
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Updated: 5:52 AM Aug 4, 2008
Point Park Drowning
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Investigators are looking into what caused a man to drown near Point Park Saturday afternoon.
Posted: 10:00 PM Aug 2, 2008
Reporter: Courtney Rochon
Email Address: courtney.rochon@wtap.com
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Investigators are looking into what caused a man to drown near Point Park Saturday afternoon.

It happened shortly after 4:00.

Sergeant Nangle with the Parkersburg Police Department says 63-year-old Patrick Sutherland was aboard a stern-wheeler about to dock at Point Park when he jumped off to swim to shore.

Police say an eye witness told them the Princeton, West Virginia man swam partway and then went under.

First responders searched by foot and by boat.

Around 5:30 the Wood County Dive Team recovered the body where the witness originally saw it go under.

Sergeant Nangle says they are sending the body out for an autopsy to see what caused the man to go under.

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