OXFORD, Mass.- One man died after a canoe overturned while he and another man were fishing on Lowes Pond in Oxford Sunday evening, according to the Oxford Police and Fire Department.
At 5:59 p.m. on Sept. 13, the Oxford Police Department received a 911 emergency call from a resident of 60 Park Street. The caller reported that a man had emerged from the woods adjacent to the home, which abuts Lowes Pond, seeking help.
The man told the caller that he and his friend had been fishing in a canoe when it overturned and that his friend did not make it out of the water.
Police, fire, EMS, rescue and dive personnel from multiple agencies responded. Oxford firefighters and police officers located a man in the water. Emergency personnel used water safety equipment and another canoe to pull the man from the water and bring him to shore, where he received immediate medical treatment.
Both men were transported to UMass Memorial Hospital in Webster. The man who was pulled from the water was later transported to UMass University Campus in Worcester, where he was pronounced deceased.
The Massachusetts State Police Investigations Unit was called to the scene to investigate with local authorities.
The details and exact cause of the incident remain under investigation by Massachusetts State Police detectives and the Oxford Police Department.
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