A 63-year-old man who drowned Thursday in the Lehigh River near East Side Boro was identified as Paul Philip Oravec Sr. of McAdoo.

Oravec was fishing in the Lehigh River near the East Side Boro and White Haven border at about 4:30 p.m. when he waded into the water.State police at Hazleton said he fell and then was swept downstream by the current.His body was found about one mile downstream in Kidder Township.Oravec was pronounced dead at the scene by a member of the Carbon County Coroner's office.Police said an autopsy was performed at the Lehigh Valley Hospital – Cedar Crest, and the cause was determined to be drowning.No suspicious circumstances are surrounding the death, police said.