Shelton Emergency Crews Conduct Water Search at Indian Well [Update]

Update, 5:07 p.m.

The DEEP is reporting that they are actively searching for a man who signed out a boat from the New Haven Rowing Club in Oxford at 10:30 Monday morning. The boat was seen capsized near the club house around 2 p.m. that same day. Crews have recovered the boat but are not releasing the victim's name at this time.

Original Story

State and local police are looking for a male victim in Shelton's Indian Well State Park whose boat they believe capsized in Oxford.

Brett Reynolds of Shelton's fire department and emergency response team said they recieved a call about 10:30 Monday morning from the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection about a disabled boat. It is believed the operator of the boat departed from Oxford.

"Every town from Oxford to Stratford has crews out searching right now," Reynolds said. "It is unknown where exactly the victim is and we don't have an identity yet. He could have gone fishing this morning and ran into a problem, but it's not clear yet what happened."

EMS, fire, special operations and hazards units were on scene Monday afternoon to lend a hand in the search. "We have boats out and we're scanning the water for articles of clothing, personal belongings, etc." Reynolds said.

Reynolds also said that state police are deploying dive teams at Oxford's Yale Bowl House.

Updates to follow as they are made available.