Young Man From Belleville Drowned In Spring Lake

SPRING LAKE, NJ — The man who drowned at a Spring Lake beach May 4 has been identified as a 23-year-old young man living in Belleville in North Jersey.

Wilmer Lalvay is originally from Ecuador, but was living in the U.S., according to this GoFundMe page, which was created to raise money to send his body back to his native Ecuador to be buried.

Lalvay was found floating face down in the surf when authorities were called to the beach at St. Clair Avenue at 2:05 p.m. that day, a Saturday, Spring Lake Police previously said.

The first officers who arrived pulled him out to initiate life-saving measures, police said, and he was treated by EMTs and paramedics then taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, where he was pronounced dead.

There were no lifeguards on duty.

Lifeguards do not go on duty in any Jersey Shore beach town until Memorial Day weekend, and most towns will not have beaches guarded daily until mid-June.

Original report: Man, 23, Drowns At Monmouth County Beach