water safety

A teen’s body was found in the water in a quarry in Westford, Massachusetts, on Monday, fire officials said. Someone at Merrill’s Quarry off Vineyard Road called 911 about 4:16 p.m. after an 18-year-old who jumped into the water in the quarry didn’t surface, according to Westford Fire Chief Joseph Targ. The teen who died wasn’t identified beyond being...

A Lawrence, Massachusetts, man drowned in a New Hampshire river over the weekend as he was trying to rescue his wife and stepson.  Police said it happened at Swift River in Albany, New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon. Vincent Parr, 37, of Lawrence was trying to rescue his family when the current became so powerful that he got stuck. His family made…

A woman who was scuba diving with her father off Massachusetts’ North Shore on Saturday has died after two days in the hospital, authorities said. The woman, identified as Sara Elizabeth Nivens of South Boston, was rushed to the hospital Saturday after being pulled onto a charter boat, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. Nivens, who was 40,…

UPDATE: The man’s body was found Monday, Massachusetts State Police said. He was identified as Tafari Campbell, a beloved longtime chef for former President Barack Obama and his family. A paddleboarder went missing in a pond on Martha’s Vineyard Sunday, local and state police said amid a search for the 43-year-old man. The search, which is being considered a...

After getting caught in an ocean current during an attempt to rescue two young swimmers in Narragansett, Rhode Island, a 39-year-old man died Tuesday night, officials said. A young girl had attempted to save a young boy in the water at Scarborough State Beach, but both struggled to stay afloat, according to Michael Healey of the Department of Environmental Management….

The family of a Boy Scout from Lexington, Massachusetts, who died in a boating accident Friday in New Hampshire has released a statement identifying him as Keoni Hubbard. The 11-year-old was a member of Lexington’s Boy Scout Troop 119, the family said Sunday. Their full statement reads: Our hearts are forever broken by the loss of our Keoni. Beloved by…

A Boy Scout from Lexington, Massachusetts, died in a boating accident in New Hampshire on Friday, one of three separate water-related deaths reported in the state that day, according to state police. The bodies of a Massachusetts woman and a man, both in their early 40s, were also found in bodies of water Friday, the New Hampshire State Police Marine…