First responders secure the scene while divers searched for the victim
MONGAUP VALLEY – An ATV overturned and fell into a pond behind
Gale Road in the Town of Bethel around 2:15 p.m. Monday.
Divers from Kauneonga Lake Fire Department recovered the body of an 86-year-old
Mongaup Valley man in 30 feet of water.
State Police were assisted at the scene by the Sullivan County Sheriff’s
Office, Town of Bethel Constables, fire companies from Kauneonga Lake,
Smallwood, Lake Huntington, Youngsville, White Lake, Highland Lake, and
Mobil Medic and Hatzolah EMS.
