Police responded to the river along Red Bridge Road for a 911 call but found the man already out of the water when they arrived.
LUDLOW - A swimmer was taken to the hospital to be checked out after experiencing diffulties while swimming in the Chicopee River Monday afternoon, police said.
The man, whose name was not released, was pulled from the water by people who were on the shore, said Ludlow Police Lt. Paul Madera.
Police responded to the river along Red Bridge Road for a 911 call but found the man already out of the water when they arrived, he said. He was described as alert and conscious. He was taken to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield as a precaution.
Two of this friends were trapped on the far side of the river and could not swim back, he said. The Wilbraham Fire Department was called to deploy a boat to go retrieve them, he said.
The three had been swimming in the river and they apparently failed to take into consideration the strength of the current, Madera said.