RUMFORD — A quiet evening boat ride on the Androscoggin River didn’t quite live up to expectations for a Mexico man Monday evening.
Carl L. Parise Sr., 46, of Mexico accidentally swamped his 16-foot aluminum motorboat shortly before 5 p.m. Parise was not hurt.
“I had just pushed my boat off the launch,” Parise said, “when the boat tipped to the left and began filling with water.”
Parise was able to swim in the 62-degree water about 20 feet to the boat launch. The boat continued to float downriver about 50 yards until it became wedged on the upstream side of a submerged rock, with the bow pointing skyward.
Parise may have lost the 25 horsepower Evinrude outboard engine attached to it.
He notified the Rumford Fire Department and personnel. Rumford Police Department and Maine Game Warden Brook Clukey also responded to the scene.
Parise was advised by Clukey on attempting to salvage the boat.
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