2 dead in seperate water-related accidents

CROMWELL Authorities say 50-year-old Anthony Varricchio Jr. died after falling into the Connecticut River in Cromwell Saturday afternoon.

Police chief Anthony Salvatore says divers found Varricchio about a half hour after he fell off a dock. Rescue workers were not able to resuscitate him.

Volunteer firefighters pulled 85-year-old Henry Galan of Columbia from about 10-feet of water in Columbia Lake Saturday morning. They performed CPR on the scene and Galan was taken to Windham Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.


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