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DEM Confirms Man's Death at Misquamicut State Beach

Published on Friday, July 07, 2023

PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is confirming that at around 12:30 PM today, lifeguards at Misquamicut State Beach pulled an unresponsive adult male from the water. Lifeguards tried to resuscitate the man by administering CPR and using an automated external defibrillator until Westerly EMS and DEM’s Division of Law Enforcement responded at around 12:45 PM. Westerly emergency personnel transported the man to Westerly Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.

DEM has no further details about this incident at this time.