Man dies in boating accident just north of Palm Island

NEW HANOVER COUNTY (WWAY NEWS) — A Wilmington man who died in a boating accident Thursday has now been identified.

The accident happened in the Intracoastal Waterway, just north of Palm Island at Wrightsville Beach.

The victim was Mark Rosenberg, sixty one.

According to the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, Rosenberg was out on a recreational boat alone when he fell out of the boat and drowned.

The boat was found in a marsh area with the engine running.

There were no witnesses.

The investigating officer thinks Rosenberg may have suffered a medical emergency.

He was not wearing a life jacket and was not wearing an ignition cutoff safety switch which would have cut off the motor’s engine when he fell out.