BARRYVILLE – State Police said Monday that the victim of a drowning in the Delaware River on Saturday was a Richmond Hill, Queens resident.
Brian Ordenia-Flores, 22, was rafting with family and friends near the Indian Head Campgrounds in Barryville and at about 1 p.m., they tied up the raft and began swimming in the river.
Police said Flores attempted to swim to an island in the middle of the river when he became fatigued, was caught in a current and began to drift down the river.
He was found a short time later by members of the National Park Service and transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
