25-year-old dies after jumping off rocks into water in Newport, R.I.
The man was with a group at a location on the water known as 12 O’Clock High.
A 25-year-old Providence man died Monday after an incident that occurred while he was jumping off rocks into the water with a group at a location in Newport, Rhode Island, known as 12 O’Clock High.
“According to witness reports, the man was climbing out of the water when he was knocked back into the water by a wave and could not get out,” the state Department of Environmental Management said in a statement, noting “jumping and diving are prohibited in this area.”
Newport fire rescue swimmers pulled the man from the water, and emergency responders administered CPR before he was taken to Newport Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to officials.
The rocks at 12 O’Clock High are near the Castle Hill Inn on the north end of the Brenton Point shoreline. The man’s name has not been released, and the incident remained under investigation.
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