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Man drowns while swimming with woman in Brandywine Creek: police

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Published  July 21, 2025 11:28am EDT
Delaware County
FOX 29 Philadelphia

The Brief

    • Investigators say a man died after he was swept away by the current while swimming in Brandywine Creek.
    • The man was swimming with a woman he had met at a club in Delaware the previous night when he died.
    • The woman was able to safely make it to shore and contact police.

PHILADELPHIA - A man is dead after investigators say he was taken by a strong current while swimming in the Brandywine Creek with a woman on Sunday. 

Sergio Ayala-Vilchis and the unnamed woman were swimming in the river after meeting at a club in Delaware the previous night, police said.

What we know:

Investigators believe Sergio Ayala-Vilchis and a woman whom he met the previous night at a club in Delaware went for a swim in the Brandywine Creek on Sunday.

While they were in the middle of the creek, investigators say Ayala-Vilchis began to panic and was unable to swim in the water's current. 

He was swept downstream and was later found by rescue crews a short distance away from where he and the woman had gone into the water.

The woman, who was not named by police, was able to safely escape the water.

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