A 53-year-old man died July 28 after a crash involving a personal watercraft.

The crash happened at 1:41 p.m. on Roy’s Creek off Assawoman Bay in Sussex County, said Joanna Wilson, spokeswoman for the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.

The man was operating a personal watercraft when it crashed; he was taken to Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, Md., where he was pronounced dead. The name of the deceased is being withheld, pending notification of family members, Wilson said.

DNREC Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police said alcohol was not a contributing factor in the crash. Their investigation into the accident is ongoing, Wilson said.