FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Fredericksburg police have identified a man who drowned while swimming in an old quarry.
Police spokeswoman Natatia L. Bledsoe says 18-year-old Anthony Mandel Johnson Jr. was swimming toward a rope swing with a female friend when he began to struggle in the water.
Bledsoe says the friend and others at the quarry tried unsuccessfully to save Johnson. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital
The medical examiner ruled Johnson’s death as an accidental drowning.
The incident occurred Monday evening.
Bledsoe said Tuesday in a news release that the quarry is a popular swimming site, although it’s on private property that’s posted against trespassing. She says the police department plans to increase patrols in the area through the rest of the summer.
