BERLIN, Md. — An 18-year-old Virginia man is dead after drowning at Assateague Island National Seashore Thursday evening.
Officials say a relative ran down the beach and told the lifeguards two swimmers were struggling in the water offshore.
One was successfully rescued and the other, Cresencio Lucas Chavez, was pulled from the water unconscious and unresponsive.
At this point, CPR was performed and then Chavez was taken to a hospital where he later died.
Chavez was swimming near the southern end of the Chincoteague Beach Parking Lot, about 150 yards south of a lifeguarded zone.
