WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J. (CBS) — A man who lived in Gloucester County drowned in the Cedar Lake Wildlife Management area in Williamstown on Thursday, Monroe Township police said.
According to police, the man, identified by police as Rafael Martinez Pascual, 38, was swimming with friends near Jackson Road when he went underwater and never surfaced.
The area where the group swam is closed to the public and swimming is prohibited under Wildlife Management Area regulations.
Several emergency services attempted to find Pascual in the water, using divers, a boat, a helicopter and drones, police said.
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A rescue diver found Pascual’s body around 5 p.m., police said, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The 38-year-old is a citizen of Mexico but lived in Pitman, N.J., police said.
Authorities said Pascual was the fourth person to drown in Monroe Township this summer.
Monroe Township police and the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office are investigating the incident.
