MARION CO. – Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a possible drowning that occurred Wednesday at a lake near the intersection of 58th Street and Northdale Lake Court in Indianapolis.
At 3:28 p.m., members of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Indianapolis Fire Department (IFD), and Pike Township Fire Department were dispatched to the area for a partially submerged boat that a caller said had been occupied a short time earlier by a fisherman.
Upon arrival, responders learned that William Bracken, 75, of Indianapolis, was fishing from the boat when he fell in the water for unknown reasons. IFD divers located Bracken near the boat, beneath the water’s surface. He was pronounced dead at IU Methodist Hospital. An autopsy is scheduled for today.
Conservation Officers were also assisted at the scene by Indianapolis Emergency Medical Services.
Indiana Conservation Officers remind the public always to wear a life jacket when on or near any body of water.
