NAGS HEAD, N.C. — A 51-year-old Maryland man died in the ocean off of Nags Head, North Carolina on Thursday.
According to Nags Head Police and Fire and Ocean Rescue Departments, the Davidsonville man was reported floating face down in the ocean near the 8300 block of South Old Oregon Inlet Road at around 3 p.m.
Members of Nags Head Ocean Rescue brought the man to the beach where CPR was administered, however the efforts were unsuccessful, and he was later pronounced dead.
The incident is under investigation at this time and the exact cause of death is currently unknown.