A 23-year-old Massachusetts man drowned Friday night at the Ellis Haven Campground in Plymouth, the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office announced.
Plymouth firefighters responded to a 911 call for a possible drowning at the campground in the area of Federal Furnace Road around 7:30 p.m.
At 7:55 p.m., firefighters and a Plymouth police officer recovered the man's body about 100 feet from the shoreline, in 15 feet of water, fire officials said.
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The man, who was identified Saturday as Jacob Peabody, of Taunton, was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Local and state police detectives assigned to the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office are investigating.
