22 July 2022
NEW YORK STATE POLICE
Major Michael S. TenEyck
Troop D Commander
PRESS RELEASE
On July 22, 2022, at 1:00 p.m., State Police in Pulaski responded to a reported drowning in Lake Ontario in the town of Sandy Creek.
The victim, 65-year-old George D. Vitetta, from Schenectady, NY, was recovered from Lake Ontario from an apparent accidental drowning.
The following agencies assisted the State Police at the scene:
- Oswego County Fire Coordinator’s Office
- Sandy Creek Fire Department
- Ringgold Fire Department
- Phoenix Fire Department
- Minetto Fire Department
- Oswego County Mobile Cascade Unit
- Oswego County Sheriff’s Department
- Oswego County Dive Team
- New York State Park Police
- Northern Oswego County Ambulance
- Jefferson County STAR Unit
- United States Coast Guard
- Ft. Drum Aviation