Good Samaritan tries to save man from ocean at Wilder Ranch State Park

UPDATE: NewsChannel 5 has new details on a man who died after falling into the ocean off of Three Mile Beach on Saturday.

State parks officials said the victim is a 53-year-old man from Modesto. He was with three other men that day collecting mussels in the area.

The victim was one of two people who washed into the water. But the other man managed to get back to shore. Santa Cruz rescue swimmers and state life guards tried to save him. But he later died at the hospital.

PREVIOUS STORY: A good Samaritan made a courageous effort to save another man’s life near Wilder Ranch State Park in Santa Cruz on Saturday, but to no avail.

According to U.S. Coast Guard officials in Monterey, the man died after being pulled from the water near Three Mile Beach on Saturday.

The Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office said the good Samaritan couldn’t get to the man in distress and turned around.