Elderly LI man drowns after falling into swimming pool while shoveling snow: police

The snow blows along the Long Island sound during a blizzard that hit the North Eastern United States on January 29, 2022 in Stony Brook, New York.
The snow blows along the Long Island sound during a blizzard that hit the North Eastern United States on January 29, 2022 in Stony Brook, New York. Photo credit Photo by Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images

Cutchogue, L.I. (1010 WINS) — An elderly Cutchogue, Long Island man died after he fell into a swimming pool while shoveling snow on Saturday morning, officials said.

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When police officers responded to the accident, they pulled the unconscious victim out from the swimming pool and attempted CPR.

The Cutchogue Fire Department transported the man to Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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