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Maryland's Third Swimming Death Near Annapolis

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland Natural Resources Police say a swimming fatality near Annapolis was the state's third accidental water death in a week.

Spokeswoman Candy Thomson says 18-year-old Christopher Cervasio of Annapolis died Saturday while swimming in the Little Magothy River. She says he was missing for about three hours before his body was found.

Twenty-seven-year-old Robert Claggett Jr. of Indian Head died during a swimming trip Tuesday in the Port Tobacco River near Chapel Point State Park in Charles County.

Forty-nine-year-old Christopher Dettor died July 31 when the motorboat he was on hit a rock jetty at the mouth of Whitehall Creek near Annapolis.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.
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