OAKDALE, N.Y. (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) — A 62-year-old Babylon woman jumped into the Connetquot River to rescue her dog early Sunday morning and died in an apparent drowning, Suffolk County Police said.
An investigation found that Catherine Andreau, who was staying on a houseboat on the river, jumped into the Connetquot at about 1:30 a.m. to save her dog who had leapt into the water.
At 8:07 a.m., an employee of the Oakdale Yacht Club, located at 520 Shore Dr., called 911 after spotting Andreau’s body in the river. She was pulled from the water and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Andreau’s dog was rescued and taken to a local veterinarian.
Her body was transported to the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, who will determine an official cause of death.
The investigation is ongoing.