West Virginia man killed in weekend drowning accident at Raystown Lake

UPDATE |

HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa. (WJAC) — Authorities with the Huntingdon County coroner's office have identified the victim of a weekend drowning incident at Raystown Lake.

Huntingdon County Coroner Paul Sharum says 33-year-old Brandon Green, of Cherry Run, WV, was killed Saturday in a drowning accident.

Dispatchers confirmed over the weekend that rescue crews, from multiple counties, were called to Raystown Lake to search for a missing individual.

Sharum has ruled Green's death as accidental.

State police have not yet confirmed additional details about what led to the drowning.

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ORIGINAL |

Fire crews confirmed a drowning investigation is underway.

Crews on scene of an incident at Raystown Lake tell 6 News the coroner was called to the area where dive teams were searching for an individual Saturday afternoon.

Bedford County dispatch told 6 News that rescue teams were looking for one person and sent out rescue boats from Weaver Falls Boat Launch in Hopewell Township, which is just north of the Bedford and Huntingdon County line.

Specifics as to what happened were not released to 6 News on Saturday.

According to Cambria County dispatch, Cambria’s dive team was also called to the lake to help assist and a member of one of the response teams on the scene said that the coroner has been called to the area.

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