HAVERHILL — A man was found dead in the Merrimack River on Wednesday night, according to the Essex County District Attorney’s Office.
At approximately 6:35 p.m., the Lawrence Police Department received a call from a resident of the 50 Island Street Apartments with a view of the Merrimack River who reported that a person appeared to be carried downstream by the river’s current.
The North Andover Fire Department responded and launched a boat and, at approximately 7:21 p.m., recovered the man from the river north of the Amazon facility in North Andover, first responders noted that the man was deceased upon retrieval, which occurred in the Haverhill portion of the river.
“The deceased man has not been identified at this time,” the Essex County DA’s office said in its statement.
The Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to District Attorney Paul Tucker’s office is investigating the incident, while the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death.
