OCEAN CITY, New Jersey (WPVI) -- New Jersey State Police say a man died after a boat operator lost control while on the water off Ocean City, New Jersey on Wednesday.
The call came in around 2 p.m. in the area of Seacliff Road where a boat was found washed ashore.
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Police say the boat, being operated by a 73-year-old man, was traveling westbound in the Great Egg Harbor Inlet when he lost control.
The incident sent the boat operator and his passenger, 59-year-old Philip Azzante, into the water.
State Police and the U.S. Coast Guard were able to recover both victims, but Azzante did not survive.
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The boat operator was rushed to Shore Medical Center for unknown injuries.
The accident remains under investigation.