JERSEY CITY -- A man has died after being found in the pond at Lincoln Park, officials said.

The man's body was found in the water Wednesday afternoon. He was brought to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead, a Hudson County Sheriff's spokesman said.

Aleksandr Osenenko, 18, spotted the man in the pond and jumped into the water in efforts to save the man.

It's unclear how the man ended up in the water and remains under investigation. Additional information was not immediately available.

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