Physique of lacking paddle boarder recovered from Martha’s Winery pond

The physique of a paddle boarder, who went lacking Sunday night time in Edgartown Nice Pond on Martha’s Winery, was recovered shortly earlier than 10 a.m. Monday by state police divers, the company stated.

The 43-year-old man, who police haven’t publicly recognized, was paddle boarding with another person close to Turkeyland Cove shortly earlier than 8 p.m. when he went “into the water, appeared to briefly battle to remain on the floor, after which submerged and didn’t resurface,” police stated in an preliminary launch.

Emergency personnel from a number of businesses looked for the person Sunday night time earlier than pausing till Monday morning. Environmental police used “side-scan sonar from a ship” to find his physique earlier than divers recovered it, police stated.

The person’s physique was discovered about 100 toes from shore, in 8 toes of water.

The incident stays beneath investigation.