Rose Hill man drowns in Surf City Wednesday morning

A 43-year-old man from Rose Hill drowned Wednesday morning in Surf City.

On Wednesday at 6:03 a.m., the Surf City Fire Department responded to a drowning near the 200 block of N. Shore Drive.

When Ocean Rescue personnel arrived on the scene, they found bystanders attending to a man in the water.

The bystanders had already started CPR. Rescue personnel removed the man from the water, started a medical assessment and continued with CPR efforts.

Advanced life support was administered, but the man, identified as Raymond O’Bryant Whitfield, of Rose Hill, did not survive.