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A superb Samaritan rescued a Lawrence man who was calling for assist on the seaside, however one other swimmer drowned.
A 27-year-old Lawrence man drowned swimming off Hampton Seashore in New Hampshire Tuesday night, in keeping with New Hampshire State Police.
Round 7:30 p.m., State Police have been alerted to a doable drowning on the seaside, they mentioned in a press launch. A superb Samaritan, 23-year-old Salem, N.H., resident Casey Torname, informed police he’d noticed two swimmers calling for assist whereas he was browsing.
Torname informed police he’d rescued one swimmer — 28-year-old Lawrence resident Luis Colon-De-Lara, the discharge mentioned. However the different swimmer, Wandy Bethancourt-Adames, nonetheless hadn’t come to shore, he mentioned.
Hampton firefighters responded and shortly discovered Bethancourt-Adames within the water, the discharge mentioned. They introduced him to shore and carried out CPR earlier than taking him to a hospital the place he was declared useless.
First responders additionally took Colon-De-Lara to a hospital. He was handled for non-life-threatening accidents.
Authorities are nonetheless investigating the drowning. Anybody with info is requested to contact Sgt. Nicholas Haroutunian at (603) 227-2112 or at [email protected].
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