Two Drown In Mine Hill Quarry

ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON TWO DROWN IN SWIMMING ACCIDENT IN MINE HILL SAND PIT 

     " 17-Year-Old & 22-Year-Old Boys Drown In Swimming Mishap Tuesday Afternoon, June 14, 2022."

June 15, 2022 6:12 A.M. ET By Art Fletcher Reporting For: Englebrook Independent News,

MINE HILL, NJ.- On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, Morris County Authorities , at approximately 5:23 p.m., Members of The Morris County Emergency Medical Service were in the parking lot of the Mine Hill Beach, 100 Green Road in Mine Hill, New Jersey. Emergency Medical Service's Personnel were approached by a group who stated that two individuals went into the water at the sand pits and never came out. The subjects were identified as 17 & 22 year old Hispanic Boys.

Morris County Emergency Medical Service immediately contacted The Morris County Communications Center to alert Police, Fire, and Emergency Medical Services, and an immediate search of the area was conducted that was met with negative results. The following agencies were immediately deployed to the area, Wharton Police Department; Mine Hill Fire Department; Morris County Sheriff’s Office Emergency Services Unit; Morris County Prosecutors Office; Morris County Office of Emergency Management; Roxbury Police Department; and Randolph Police Department.

     An intensive search of the lake area where the subjects were last seen was immediately commenced using divers from responding Police and Emergency Medical Service's Personnel, however the search was hampered due to tangled vegetation below the water surface. After hours of searching, one body was recovered, and a second body subsequently recovered. The Identity of the Boys is being withheld pending further investigation and notification to family members.

FILED UNDER JUNE 15, 2022: LAW, LOCAL, MORRIS: