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DEEP: Boating fatality on Connecticut River in East Haddam

The victim is believed to have been on a jet ski.

Credit: Neal Perron Photography

A boat from the Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection responds to an emergeny on the CT River, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021

EAST HADDAM, Conn. — The Dept. of Energy & Environmental Protection Environmental Conservation (ENCON) Police are investigating a boating fatality believed to involve a single jet skier on the Connecticut River in Haddam.

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

Passing boaters reported a jet ski adrift at approximately 4:42 p.m. this evening. An ENCON boat arrived on the scene at 4:55 p.m. and recovered the victim from the water.

DEEP officials identified the victim of the crash on Monday as 59-year-old Stephen Fabian of Moodus.

@ConnDEEP responding to CT River between marker 48 and Salmon River, jet ski with life jacket floating near by. Update: person being brought to boat launch, drowning in cardiac arrest. @FOX61News @Bill_Flood pic.twitter.com/ZQ6Fs61SGX
— Neal Perron Photography (@nealperronpics) August 8, 2021

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