Man, 19, drowns while swimming with friends

An autopsy was carried out yesterday on the body of a 19-year-old man who drowned while swimming with friends in the River Blackwater in Mallow, Co Cork.

Man, 19, drowns while swimming with friends

Gary Fleming was swimming in an area known as the Bullworks when he got into difficulty at about 5pm on Saturday.

Mallow Search and Rescue Unit (MSRU), assisted by Mallow Fire Brigade, local gardaí, and the coastguard helicopter, launched a search operation after the alarm was raised.The man’s body was recovered an hour later.

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