Crime & Safety

Second Diver Dies at Dutch Springs

Another diver drowned in mid-August.

Less than a month after a diver drowned at Dutch Springs, another diver drowned at the Lower Nazareth Township facility over the weekend, authorities said.

A 46-year-old man died this weekend during a diving accident at Dutch Springs, the Morning Call reports.

Izydor Poplawski of Shelton, Conn., was found around 3:30 a.m. Sunday at the facility, said Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek. He said Poplawski's death was due to drowning and was ruled accidental, the story stated.

Lysek said Poplawski had been with a group diving at the facility around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. He said around 11:30 p.m., Poplawski had been reported missing.

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Last month, Eugene Fleysher, 38, of Saddle Brook, N.J., had been scuba diving at the Lower Nazareth water park when he was found unresponsive, Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim said.

He was taken to St. Luke's University Hospital in Fountain Hill, where he was pronounced dead. 


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