Sunday September, 26 2021 @ 19:03

Nature: Water Rescue Priority 1

Location: 38°38'43 and 75°4'52,

 

On Sunday evening, September 26th, while completing an earlier assignment with the Rehoboth Beach (86) Volunteer Fire Company, the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company was alerted to assist the Rehoboth Beach (80) and Bethany Beach (70) with a water request incident.

The Indian River Volunteer Fire Company did respond with the following apparatus – Brush 80-0 with 80 Marine 2 from our Long Neck facility and Utility 80-8 with 80 Maine 1 from our Oak Orchard facility. Both marine units did launch from the Massey's Landing Public Ramp with specific assignments and areas to coordinate a grid related search.  The marine units were assisted by the Delaware State Police Aviaiton Unit - Trooper 2 and the United States Coast Guard Aviation Unit.

Pursuant to the information published via WRDE News “… Firefighters, Delaware DNREC Marine Police, and the United States Coast Guard were on the scene in the Rehoboth Bay near Conquest Road Sunday evening after a boat was found out in the bay without a person on board.

Crews from Bethany Beach (70), Rehoboth Beach (86), and Indian River (80) were dispatched for the water rescue around 7 p.m. Details remain scarce, but the USCG confirms they are on the scene and have recovered a man but would not confirm whether or not he had survived.”

Additional information will be published upon availability.

• Delaware News Online - https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2021/09/27/46-year-old-mans-body-found-rehoboth-bay-sunday/5882362001/

46-year-old man's body found in Rehoboth Bay Sunday, cause of death not yet known - Shannon Marvel McNaught - Delaware News Journal

A 46-year-old Long Neck man was found dead in Rehoboth Bay Sunday.

Delaware State Police responded to Massey's Landing just after 7 p.m. Sept. 26 for a report of an unresponsive 46-year-old man in the water.

He was pronounced deceased at the scene and his body was turned over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science to determine cause of death.

Delaware State Police and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control are actively investigating the incident, which State Police Master Cpl. Heather Pepper said does not pose a threat to the community.

No other information was immediately available, Pepper said.