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Drowning accidental

OFFICIALS SAY a man whose body was found on the edge of the Delaware River near Philadelphia accidentally drowned. The Delaware County medical examiner's office said this week that Francisco M. Basile Jr., 48, of East Longmeadow, Mass., died after he fell and hit his head.

OFFICIALS SAY a man whose body was found on the edge of the Delaware River near Philadelphia accidentally drowned.

The Delaware County medical examiner's office said this week that Francisco M. Basile Jr., 48, of East Longmeadow, Mass., died after he fell and hit his head.

The man had been staying at an airport hotel along the river in Essington. His body was found Sunday floating near neighboring Governor Printz Park.

- Associated Press