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State Police Investigate Drowning Incident in Port
Leyden
Published: January 17, 2024
at 05:45 p.m.
By: Press Release from New York State Police
State Police Investigate Drowning Incident in Port
Leyden
On January 14,
2024, State Police responded to 2490 State Route 12 in the town of Leyden
for a report of a possible drowning.
When patrols
arrived, they found 26-year-old Andrew M. Locash from
Port Leyden deceased at the Patriot Hydropower Dam in the Black River, Town
of Leyden. The preliminary investigation has determined that Locash was kayaking down the Black River in frozen
waters and drowned when his kayak overturned.
An autopsy is
scheduled to determine an official cause of death. No
indications of any foul play.
The investigation
is continuing.
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