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At 9 p.m., officers received a report of a subject in the water near the Highway 35 bridge, Belmar police said. Upon arrival, patrol officers immediately began searching the area under the bridge on the north side of the Belmar Marina, police said. A man was discovered submerged on the opposite side of the walkway railing underneath the bridge, police said.
A witness told officers he saw the man fall over the railing from the walkway underneath the bridge and was attempting to assist him out of the water, police said. Officers found the man unresponsive and he did not respond to any instructions, police said.
The man was successfully lifted from the water and over the railing and he was transported to Jersey Shore University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The incident remains under investigation by the Belmar Police Department. The victim's identity is being withheld at this time, pending next of kin notification, police said.
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