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Fisherman drowns trying to retrieve keys from NY lake in latest freak accidental death upstate

The man drowned in Oneida Lake in the town of Hastings
The man drowned in Oneida Lake in the town of Hastings.
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HASTINGS, N.Y. (AP/1010 WINS) — A man drowned in a lake in New York after his keys fell into the water and he tried to retrieve them, police said—just the latest freak accidental death in rural upstate this month.

Anthony Davis, 44, was fishing with two other men in Oneida Lake in the town of Hastings just before 10 a.m. Sunday when Davis' keys fell in the water, Lt. Andrew Bucher, of the Oswego County Sheriff's Office, said in a news release.


Davis went into the water to try to get his keys but could not make it back to land, Bucher said. One of the other men, Wattie Cappers, 42, went in after Davis but also was unable to get back to land.

Personnel from several local police and fire departments arrived and tried to rescue the two men, Bucher said.

Davis was pulled from the water by a diver from the Brewerton Fire Department and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Cappers was rescued by Oswego sheriff's deputies and was stable at the hospital.

It's just the latest accidental death in rural Upstate New York this month. Last week, two men died after they fell into a manure tank, and days before that a woman was killed by a rampaging cow.