A 33-year-old Hartford man who tried to swim across a pond after a crash in Vernon on Thursday night has died, according to police.
Police said officers responded to a single-vehicle crash on East Main Street around 10:05 p.m. and found a damaged Chevy Malibu with no one inside.
They started searching for the driver and saw a man who matched the description of the driver. He was trying to swim across Paper Mill Pond and went underwater, police said.
A dive team and the Vernon Fire Department responded to try to help police rescue the man, but he died at the scene.
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Police have identified him as Julio Feliciano, 33, of Hartford.
Anyone who has information about the crash is asked to call Vernon Police at 860-872-9126.
