MD man killed when personal watercrafts collide

BERLIN, Md. (AP) — Officials in Maryland say a 20-year-old man was killed when two personal watercrafts collided on the Eastern Shore.

The Daily Times reported that Maryland Natural Resources Police said the crash happened Monday afternoon in Sinepuxent Bay. Police say two personal watercrafts were traveling close together at a high rate of speed when they collided, sending one watercraft and its rider airborne. Police say one man, identified as Derek Salas of Silver Spring, was breathing when he was removed from the water, but he was unconscious, police said. He died on the way to the hospital.

The other person involved in the crash was not named.

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