COLOMA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A 25-year-old man who couldn’t swim drowned Sunday evening aftet the boat he was in took on water in Rogers Creek in Coloma Charter Township.
The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office says round 6:30 p.m., deputies responded to a call about a group of four people stuck on a sinking boat near 48th Avenue and North Coloma Road.
The sheriff’s office said the four took the boat out onto the water intending to swim when they discovered the boat had a hole in it. They tried to paddle back to shore but the boat was sinking quickly.
Three of the four group members jumped into the water and swam to shore. Deputies say the drowning victim, who could not swim, tried to follow the group to shore as well but his foot got caught in some seaweed.
One of the group members that made it to shore tried to swim back for the man but their foot also got caught in seaweed. They swam back to shore and to called for help.
Deputies said the 25-year-old man was underwater for 30 minutes before his body was pulled from Rogers Creek.
The Sheriff’s Office say the four men were migrant workers that planned to go for a swim on their day off.
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