Divers looking for lost swimmer in Framingham reservoir
By adamg - Wed, 06/25/2008 - 6:47pm.
UPDATE: Divers recovered his body.
Turnpike traffic was all bollixed up near the Rte. 9 exit this afternoon rush hour as State and Framingham police went looking for something in the Foss Reservoir.
The MetroWest Daily News reports divers were looking for somebody who may have dived off the train tracks that cross the reservoir near the road.
As I got by around 5:45 p.m., several cruisers were parked in the breakdown lane on the eastbound side, with several troopers and plainclothes investigators peering into the reservoir below. More police congregated on the nearby train bridge that is a popular hangout for teens during hot weather. There was a boat in the water. Two news copters hovered above (with a third heading in from 128).
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Is this reservoir used as a drinking water supply?
It's classified as an emergency reserve drinking water supply
http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/northeast/sudbury.htm
What the man said
It's part of the Sudbury reservoir system that extends from Southborough to Lake Cochituate, basically.
The reservoirs aren't in active use in part because of mercury and stuff in the sediment from the old Nyanza hazardous-waste site in Ashland. A fair amount of the water ultimately winds up in Lake Cochituate, which was Boston's main drinking-water source between the time the city stopped using Jamaica Pond and the creation of the Wachusett and Quabbin and which is still the indirect source of much of Natick's drinking water (via wells surrounding or near the lake). Impress your friends with even more reservoir history.
Hey, guess what I used to write about when I covered Ashland and Natick? :-).
i've swam here before. the
i've swam here before. the bridge is fairly low and the water is very deep there. unless he tripped on the ledge and hit his head on the way down, im not sure how else he could of hurt himself here... Still its sad and its probably the last time you'll be able to swim here.
Can we assume this kid
Can we assume this kid didn't know how to swim?
That trestle is only 8-10 feet off the water!
Submerged objects
An eight to ten foot dive into the wrong place (rip rap rocks, shallow water) can result in death from head/neck trauma, or in somebody getting knocked unconscious and then drowning.
This would be my bet
Submerged objects can show up in unexpected places... and I've got the scars to prove it.