PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 4, 2022
A Perry man drowned Tuesday afternoon when his boat overturned in a remote pond in Downeast Maine. Lindon Rockwell, 75, was tending baitfish traps on East Pike Brook Pond when he leaned over to check a trap, overturning his 12-foot aluminum boat. Rockwell was thrown into the water without a lifejacket, according to the Maine Warden Service. Without a lifejacket, he unable to swim in the cold water and drowned, according to the warden service. One lifejacket was found floating in the water near the boat and another was stuffed under the bow.