Coast Guard officials say a person found unresponsive near an
overturned vessel in Raritan Bay has died.
According to authorities, they received a VHF radio call Saturday around
10 a.m. from a
good Samaritan reporting an overturned 21-foot vessel in Raritan
Bay and one person in the water.
Officials say the caller was able to recover the unresponsive
person and began CPR. Coast Guard boat crews from Sandy Hook and New York were
dispatched, and a vessel arrived and took the victim to Monmouth Cove Marina.
The Coast Guard said the individual was later pronounced dead by
Monmouth County emergency medical services.
AP wire services helped contribute to
this report.