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Holiday Weekend Drowning Ruled "Accidental"

Holiday Weekend Drowning Ruled "Accidental" - Sunday, September 6, 2009 at 10:30PM EST

Reported by: Eyewitness News
Sunday, Sep 6, 2009 @ 10:30pm EST
PALMYRA TOWNSHIP, PIKE COUNTY - State police say the death of a man who drowned during the Labor Day weekend is accidental.

Troopers from the Blooming Grove barracks say the drowning happened Sunday afternoon around 3:30 in the Seeley's Landing area of Lake Wallenpaupack.

The victim is identified as 65-year-old Richard Hoffman of Englewood, Florida.

Dive team members found Hoffman's body.