TURNER — A Poland man drowned Sunday while swimming in Martin Stream in Turner, according to officials.
Shortly before noon, Adrian Maurais, 36, attempted to swim to a float about 50 feet from shore, according to Mark Latti, communications director for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife. Maurais began to struggle before reaching the float, then going underwater and never resurfacing.
Witnesses on the shore saw Maurais go below the water surface and they immediately tried to locate him, but were unsuccessful, Latti said.
Divers from the Maine Warden Service and Maine State Police arrived shortly afterward. They located Maurais’ body in about 7 feet of water at 2:22 p.m.
The body was recovered and taken to Pinette Dillingham & Lynch Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Lewiston.
Turner Fire and Rescue, the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office, Maine State Police and the Maine Warden Service responded to the scene.
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