Vasquez-Diaz’s death was ruled an accident from drowning by the Butler County Coroner’s Office following an autopsy Wednesday.
The St. Clair Twp. Fire Department and Butler County Sheriff’s Office were called about 7:15 p.m. to the nature preserve on Treiber Road. Vasquez-Diaz was reportedly fishing and swimming with a group of people when he dove into Four Mile Creek. Personnel were able to pull the man from the water, but lifesaving measures were unsuccessful, according to the sheriff’s office.
A man called 911 saying a group of people were at the reserve and wanted his innertube.
“They are in a panic,” the man said. “I don’t speak a lick of Spanish.”
Another man called speaking Spanish and then spoke to the dispatcher through an interpreter on the line, saying someone went under and did not come out of the water.
Crews were able to rescue the the man, but he did not survive.
The Butler County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident.
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