Man Drowns At New Jersey State Park
By ROIE OPPERMAN wpix.com

September 6, 2009
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (WPIX)—
A man is dead, after authorities say he dove into the water while canoeing, never to be seen again.

According to New Jersey State Police, Paul Davidson, 32, of Sewell was on a canoe trip Saturday with two friends in the Batsto Village section of Wharton State Park when tragedy struck.

Investigators say the canoeists stopped for a swim in the waters off Washington Township shortly before 7 p.m. Davidson's buddies called police when he failed to resurface.

Police divers found his body around 11 p.m., some 50-yards from where he was last spotted. The medical examiner has yet to determine the official cause of death, but it's believed Davidson drowned.