Man pulled from Mon River in Elco identified
The Washington County coroner has identified the man pulled from the Monongahela River in Elco early Sunday.
Joseph Passafiume, 69, of California, PA, was discovered at 10:35 a.m. entangled in debris, about eight feet from the river bank off First Avenue, the coroner said. The victim was pulled
to the shore by Roscoe firefighters and pronounced dead at the scene at about 11:40 a.m.
The cause and manner of death are pending the results of an autopsy.
State police are investigating the death.
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