Ludlow police on Thursday identified the 19-year-old man who drowned Wednesday while swimming at Haviland Pond as 19-year-old Ansar S. Shakirov.
LUDLOW - Police on Thursday identified the 19-year-old man who drowned Wednesday while swimming at Haviland Pond as 19-year-old Ansar S. Shakirov.
Shakirov, who was from California, was staying with relatives in West Springfield, police said.
According to police, he was swimming with two others at the pond Wednesday morning when he disappeared under water.
Lifeguards called police at 10:47 a.m., and police and firefighters began searching the pond. He was found unconscious after being underwater for several minutes, and was pronounced dead at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.
An investigation by Ludlow police and the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office determined the death was an accident.