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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Drowning Ruled Suicide

The state Medical Examiner ruled today that the death of a 62-year-old man who died Saturday when his vehicle ran into the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal was a suicide.

The victim was identified as Jarl R. Swanson III, of Wilmington, said Carl Kanefsky, spokesman for the state Division of Health and Social Services.

The crash occurred about 2:45 p.m. Witnesses told state police that a silver SUV with a man driving it traveled down the bank and into the canal and became submerged.

The state police SCUBA team searched the water while a helicopter searched by air for the victim.

At 5 p.m. divers located the submerged vehicle in 30 feet of water about 100 feet from where the vehicle first went into the water, Sgt. Paul Shavack said.

from Terri Sanginiti @ the Wilmington News-Journal

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