Police ID Man Who Died After Being Pulled From Water in Old Saybrook

A 72-year-old Berlin man has died after being pulled from the water at a marina in Old Saybrook.

Police were called to the Brewers Ferry Point Marina just before 9 p.m. Saturday after Francis Gentile, of Kensington, was reported missing.

After a search of the docks, Gentile was located underwater, He was rushed to the Middlesex Medical Center Shoreline in Westbrook, where he was pronounced dead.

Police said Gentile was a member of the marina and kept a boat there.

The incident appears to be accidental, police said.

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