Autopsy Results Not Yet Complete For Man Who Drowned In Seaside

TOMS RIVER, NJ - The autopsy results on the man who drowned in the surf off a Seaside Heights beach last weekend won't be available until the toxicology reports are complete, a spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office said.

That's not unusual, said spokesman Al Della Fave.

"Many doctors won’t make a final determination without including the tox," Al Della Fave said.

Amajeets Parmar, 44, was pronounced dead at 10:12 p.m on Saturday night by a physician from Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, said spokesman Al Della Fave said.

Parmar's wife, Sukhpreet, told police they came to the boardwalk for a day trip with their child. But before they left Seaside for the day, Amajeets told his wife he wanted to go swimming. She told him, no, it was too cold.

"The decedent stated he was going to go in and went down onto the beach, while Sukhpreet stayed on the boardwalk with their child and went shopping," Della Fave said. "After a while she noticed police on the beach and realized something was wrong."

Parmar had no medical problems and knew how to swim, he said.

Seaside police responded to the beach after receiving a 911 call at 7:18 p.m. from Jose Cora, who was standing on the beach and noticed a man in the surf calling for help, Della Fave said.

Three Seaside police officers went in the water and found Parmar unresponsive. Members of the Seaside Heights Beach Patrol were on duty that day until 5 p.m. The beach was not guarded when the incident occurred.

The National Weather Service had issued a high rip current risk on Saturday, along with waves of 4 to 6 feet. The drowning came after a week of ominous warnings from the weather service of "life-threatening" rip currents and very rough surf.

Photo: by Ocean County Scanner News, published with permission