Plymouth Campground Drowning Victim Identified

Plymouth MA

26 July, 2020

12:02 PM

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PLYMOUTH, MA — The Plymouth County District Attorney's Office identified the victim of Friday night's drowning at the Ellis Haven Campground as 23-year-old Jacob Peabody, of Taunton. Plymouth firefighters responded to a 911 call of a possible drowning at about 7:30 Friday night in the area of Federal Furnace Road. Firefighters entered the water in search of the victim and called a dive team. Plymouth Fire Chief Edward Bradley said the dive team entered the water at 7:55 p.m. Bradley said firefighters from Engine 2 and a Plymouth police officer recovered the victim at 7:55 p.m. about 100 feet from the shoreline in 15 feet of water. He was taken to Beth Israel Hospital in Plymouth where he was pronounced dead. Plymouth police and state police detectives assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office are investigating.