Bayville: Last night numerous first aid squads and rescue apparatus arrived to the 200 Block of Sandlewood Drive for a Reported Water Rescue. The NJSP Marine Police and OCSD assisted with the underwater drone to find the victim. The victim was located and brought to a nearby dock where they were pronounced.
Official Press Release from Berkeley PD:
On May 8th 2019 at approximately 5:00 PM the Berkeley Township Police received a report of a missing elderly male from Sandlewood Dr, located on a lagoon in the Bayville Section of the Township. The caller reported that the male (76 years old) could not be located and did not take his vehicles as they were at the home. The elderly male was known to have preexisting medical conditions.
As a result, an immediate investigation to locate the male began. This involved Berkeley Police, Berkeley Detectives, The Ocean County Sheriff’s Department and their K-9 Unit, as well as members of the Bayville Fire Department. At approximately 9:00pm the victim was located deceased, in the lagoon on Sandlewood Dr. several houses down from where he lived. Preliminary investigation shows no signs of foul play but this an active, ongoing investigation by the Berkeley Township Detective Bureau and the Ocean County Prosecutors Office. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective William Somers at 732-341-132 x 2111.
Headline kind of leads people to believe that one of the rescuers may have died during the rescue, but no mention in the article.
Lisa D Arnold
Thanks- we changed it to read for the victim.
So sad
Unfortunately I
Read
Last night someone had passed and funeral hime
Was called . Prayers
Prayers
Too many times when camping up in Sussex near lakes I witnessed the rescue effort & retrieval .Sad .You never really forget it
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Copied from Berkeley Township Police FB post:
PRESS RELEASE
Unattended Death
05/09/2019
On May 8th 2019 at approximately 5:00 PM the Berkeley Township Police received a report of a missing elderly male from Sandlewood Dr, located on a lagoon in the Bayville Section of the Township. The caller reported that the male (76 years old) could not be located and did not take his vehicles as they were at the home. The elderly male was known to have preexisting medical conditions.
As a result, an immediate investigation to locate the male began. This involved Berkeley Police, Berkeley Detectives, The Ocean County Sheriff’s Department and their K-9 Unit, as well as members of the Bayville Fire Department. At approximately 9:00pm the victim was located deceased, in the lagoon on Sandlewood Dr. several houses down from where he lived. Preliminary investigation shows no signs of foul play but this an active, ongoing investigation by the Berkeley Township Detective Bureau and the Ocean County Prosecutors Office. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective William Somers at 732-341-132 x 2111.
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Sympathy to his family
Story has been updated with new information from Berkeley PD as of 09:00 AM.
Prayers to the family! So very sad
Wow
Prayers to the family
Joann Haladun
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Sad
Condolences to the family ??
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??sad prayers to the family
He was a good man… Such a shame