UPDATE: Stamford Boating Victim Is Identified

By Feroze Dhanoa and Barbara Heins (Patch Staff)

Update: 12:45 p.m. Nov. 23:

Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police have identified the boater who died in an Sunday morning accident on Lake Waramaug.

The man was identified as Ihor Korol, 50, Stamford. The other occupant of the boat was Grzegorz Rajkiewicz, 31, also of Stamford.

At approximately 11:15 a.m. Sunday, State EnCon Police responded to a Troop L State Police report of two anglers overboard from a 12-foot Jon boat, a small, flat bottom fishing boat, in Lake Waramaug, Kent. Rajkiewicz was transported to New Milford Hospital.

A water search took place for Korol by multiple agencies. State EnCon Police were assisted by Troop L State Police, the Goshen Dive Team from Goshen Fire Department, State Police with side scan sonar, local fire and police departments.

At approximately 4:30 p.m. Korol’s body was recovered, officials said. His body was found in the same area where the occupants fell overboard – approximately 150 yards from shore, due south in the bay directly across from Lake Waramaug State Park.

EnCon Police continue to investigate the accident.

Original story: Nov. 22

A 50-year-old Stamford man was pulled from the waters in Lake Waramaug in Kent after authorities responded to the report of a man overboard on Sunday, FOX CT reports.

Two people reportedly went overboard a vessel. One man was rescued and taken to the hospital for mild hypothermia while a search ensued for the second man.

The man’s identity was not released pending family notification.

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