'Red Flag Conditions' Halt Swimming At Assateague State Park After 2 Men Drown
BERLIN, Md. (WJZ) -- Red Flag conditions have halted visitors from swimming at Assateague State Park.
According to Maryland State Park officials, visitors can still surf and wade ankle-deep in the water.
Two men died Sunday in what officials told the Salisbury Times was a rip current-related drowning.
He died later at a local hospital.
Red Flag conditions at Assateague State Park until further notice - No swimming - only surfing and wading (ankle-depth) permitted. Thank you for your cooperation! pic.twitter.com/fBbrKyyqU1
— Maryland State Parks (@MDStateParks) October 8, 2018
Around 2 p.m., A 57-year-old man from Chantilly, Virginia was swimming near the campground when he was caught in a rip tide. A surfer tried to rescue the man. he was transported to an area hospital where he died, according the Salisbury Times.
Four hours later, 18-year-old Brian Purnell from Pittsburgh was swimming with a friend with he too was caught in a riptide.
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