The College at Brockport community is mourning the loss of a student. A statement that went out from the college on Sunday said that an individual who college officials believe to be a student, drowned in the Erie Canal.
Brockport Police tell Time Warner Cable News that they have confirmed the person is a 23 year old man. The incident happened at about 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, and it happened behind a parking lot on Holley Street when police say a man jumped from the top of the lock into the canal.
According to TWC News, friends who were with the man said he was going for a swim, but it was too shallow.
A scuba team from the Sheriff’s Department went to the scene. The College at Brockport is holding counseling at the school from Noon to 3:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Hazen Center for Integrated Care.
