STRATFORD, Conn. — One man is dead following a jet ski crash in the Housatonic River in Stratford Wednesday evening.

Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Environmental Conservation Police are investigating the crash which happened near the Sikorsky plant.

At 10:07 p.m. EnCon Police responded to a report of a personal watercraft accident near the Sikorsky facility.

When they arrived, officers located the overturned jet ski along the west bank of the river. The operator, an adult male, was found a short distance away and was pronounced dead at the scene. Information on the operator is being held at this time for notification of next of kin.

DEEP’s EnCon Police Boating Accident Reconstruction Unit and Investigative Unit responded to assist in the investig

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