Overview
- Emergency crews responded to a 911 call about a fall at Merrill’s Quarry and found a 21-year-old face-down in the water at the bottom of the quarry.
- Firefighters pulled the man from the water and began life-saving measures before he was rushed to Lowell General Hospital where he later died.
- Authorities confirmed the victim’s name has not been released and said he died from injuries sustained in the fall and from prolonged time in the water.
- The Massachusetts State Police Detectives Unit, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, and Westford police are jointly investigating the circumstances of the death.
- Officials stressed that Merrill’s Quarry is private property with numerous No Trespassing signs and steep, unstable drops and deep water that make it an extremely hazardous location and part of a pattern of recent quarry deaths in the state this summer.