Crime & Safety
LI Man Dies In Labor Day Weekend Drowning
Police said he began swimming in the Delaware River but became tired.
HIGHLAND, NY — A Long Island man died over the Labor Day weekend while swimming in the Delaware River.
The New York State Police said, around 1:30 p.m. Saturday, troopers were sent to the Landers Minisink Campground in the town of Highland for a report of a possible drowning.
A preliminary investigation by law enforcement found that Ricardo Ismalej Xujar, 47, of Flanders, Suffolk County, was at the campground with family and friends for the holiday weekend.
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Police said he got in the river around 1:30 p.m. and tried to swim across.
He became fatigued, went under the surface and did not come back up.
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Xujar was found around 6:45 p.m. and was pronounced dead by a Town of Highland Ambulance Paramedic.
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