Upper Darby Man, 37, Dies In Jersey Shore Jet Ski Accident

A 37-year-old man from Pennsylvania riding a jet ski on the Jersey Shore fell off, suffered a medical episode and died in the water Saturday, authorities said.

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Cecilia Levine

05/23/2021 11:48 a.m.

New Jersey State Troopers responded to the bay area on reports of a boating accident on the 300 block of Bay Avenue in Ocean City just before 5 p.m. Saturday, Sgt. Alejandro Goez said.

An investigation found that Donald Walters, of Upper Darby, fell off a jet ski and suffered an undisclosed medical episode while in the water, Goez said.

Walters transported Shore Memorial Hospital and later pronounced dead.

The accident remains under investigation.

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