GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. (WKBW) — A man has died after falling into the Niagara River at the Sandy Beach Yacht Club on Saturday.
The Grand Island Volunteer Fire Company and additional units responded to reports of a man who fell from a docked boat and into the water at the Sandy Beach Yacht Club around 12:20 a.m. Officials said a search started immediately by land and water.
An hour later, Grand Island MU-2 found the man 100 yards away in the water near Buckhorn State Park and Grass Island. According to officials, the man, identified as 61-year-old Edward Lachapelle of Maine, died at the scene.
This is an ongoing investigation by the Erie County Sheriff's Department.
