ELLABELL, Ga. (WSAV) – The man that was hospitalized after police say he was rescued from the water at Morgan’s Bridge on Sunday has died.
At around 5:45 Sunday evening, Bryan County sheriff’s deputies say they responded to a call of a 22-year-old man who went under water at Morgan’s Bridge and did not come up.
Bryan County sheriff’s deputies, police, fire, emergency services, and the Department of Natural Resources helped find the man and remove him from the water.
Police say life-saving techniques were performed before he was taken to the hospital.
The victim did succumb to his injuries on Sunday.
According to police, the official cause of death was drowning.
He was identified as Vincent McCusker of Savannah.