Mastic Man Drowned in Hamptons Pool

By Timothy Bolger Posted on August 10, 2015

A 28-year-old Mastic man drowned in a backyard pool at a Remsenberg home he was painting over the weekend.

Southampton Town Police said that one of the other three house painters found the victim floating in the pool at the South Country Road home, pulled him from the water, called 911 and started CPR before first responders arrived at about 2:45 p.m. Saturday.

Authorities said they are still investigation why the victim had entered the pool and lost consciousness.

The victim was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

His identity was not immediately released.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.