A 21-year-old Maryland man died in a boating accident Saturday evening in Anne Arundel County, police said.

       Officers from the Maryland Natural Resources Police responded around 6 p.m. after a white center console boat struck a channel piling in the West River near Parish Creek, causing its six occupants to fall into the water, police said, adding that one, Nick Barton of Crofton, failed to resurface.

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       Officers and divers, along with allied agencies, searched the area and later located Barton deceased in the water, police said, adding that the investigation is ongoing. The MNRP was assisted by the U.S. Coast Guard, Anne Arundel County Fire Department and Maryland State Police.