An 18-year-old man is dead after drowning in the Allegheny River in Venango County on Friday afternoon.

According to Pennsylvania State Police in Franklin, this happened just after 5:00 pm in the area of the 1300 block of River Drive in Sandycreek Township.

Jerin Hutton, of Coalport, Pa., was taken under by the current and never resurfaced.

Crews tried to resuscitate him but were unsuccessful. The coroner ruled his death an accidental drowning.

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