NEW YORK (AP) - Police say a man is dead after a wave knocked him off a Coney Island pier.
They say the man fell off a jetty near Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn Wednesday afternoon.
Officials say emergency responders pulled him ashore and performed CPR on the unconscious man. He was taken to a hospital where police say he was declared dead.
Police say the man was in his 20s. His name wasn’t immediately released.
An investigation is ongoing.
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