Man Gets Electric Shock In New Jersey Hotel Pool, Nearly Drowns

A man got a near-fatal electric shock in a New Jersey pool this weekend and nearly drowned, police said.

The victim, who has been identified as Greg Subiszak, 34, of Fair Lawn, got the electric shock around 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Aztec Motel located on the 400 block of East Lavender Road in Wildwood Crest, according to police.

Police did not speculate on how the man got the electric shock, but at least one other person was also shocked as he attempted to rescue the man from the pool.

A worker and a guest at the Aztec Motel ultimately rescued the man from the bottom of the motel pool, according to police.

Adamo Pipitone, the owner of the motel, told 6abc that he speculates there may have been a short in a lamp post that caused the shock.

One man, 17-year-old Ivan Christopher Martinez of Camden, jumped in the water to save the man, but ran into problems himself, according to 6abc.

"Chris went to touch him, and he went into convulsions in the pool. His body was shaking," another guest, Jerry Butler, told 6abc. "I told Christopher to get out of the pool. Chris went to back up from the pool, and it was a filter he actually stepped on and got electric current up his leg through the filter."

Subiszak was transported to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center iand was listed in critical condition Monday, according to the report.