EMERALD ISLE, N.C. (AP) - Authorities on the North Carolina coast say a tourist has died after he was pulled from Bogue Sound.
Emerald Isle Town Manager Frank Rush told news outlets rescue personnel responding to a call near the high-rise bridge at Emerald Isle Friday found the unidentified 29-year-old man had already been pulled from the water, and people were administering CPR.
The man was taken to a U.S. Coast Guard station, from which the man was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The name of the victim has not been released.
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