21-Year-Old NJ Man Drowns At State Park: Officials

NEW JERSEY - A New Jersey college student drowned Friday at a state park in South Jersey after possibly getting swept up by a rip current, a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection spokesperson told Patch.

The victim, identified as 21-year-old Vineland resident Nathaniel Figueroa, was given CPR by members of the Ocean City Beach Patrol at Corson’s Inlet State Park in Ocean City, the spokesman said. Figueroa was transported to Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point where he later died.

"It is believed Nathaniel may have been caught in a rip current," the spokesperson said. "Toxicology reports are pending."

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Figueroa's online obituary states that he was a student at Rowan College of South Jersey.

Swimming is prohibited at Corson’s Inlet, according to the NJDEP, which maintains state parks, forests and historic sites.

The Friday drowning marks over a dozen similar incidents since summer began, most recently with the body of a missing swimmer located at Island Beach State Park last week. A man also died trying to swim across Harry Wright Lake earlier this month. Read more: Body Of Missing Island Beach State Park Woman Recovered