ESCANABA — One male is dead and a female had to be rescued after both fell off a personal watercraft in Little Bay de Noc near Gladstone harbor.

Local law enforcement responded about 3:45 p.m. Friday to a report of two individuals in distress in the water. Along with the Michigan State Police and Gladstone Public Safety, plus assistance from a citizen with a boat, they were able to pull the female from the water and bring her back to shore, according to a Delta County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Delta County deputies arrived soon after with a patrol boat and were able to locate the male, who was unresponsive. He was brought to a waiting ambulance on shore and then transferred to OSF St. Francis Hospital in Escanaba, where he was later pronounced dead, the news release states.

Neither individual on the personal watercraft was wearing a life jacket. No further details on the two people, including names, were released.

Deputies were assisted by the Michigan State Police, Gladstone Public Safety Department, Delta County Central Dispatch, Delta County Sheriff Dive Rescue Team, Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers and Rampart EMS.