Update: Swimmer dies after Shelby County accident
Note: This story has been updated.
A swimmer has died after being recovered from 17 feet of water yesterday evening in Shelby County.
Indiana Conservation officers are reporting that 19-year-old Lucius Chitty of Georgia. was pronounced dead at Major Health Partners Hospital in Shelbyville. An autopsy is scheduled today to determine his cause of death.
Indiana Conservation Officers say that the incident was reported at 6:03 p.m. after Chitty went missing for about five minutes at White Rock Park. Conservation officers, State police, Shelby County Sheriff’s Department and the Shelbyville Fire Department began search and rescue operations and recovered him near the docks about an hour and 15 minutes after he went missing.