Fog/Mist 48°
Tag:

Boat Safety

News
73 Beach Patrol Violations Found On Jersey Shore By NJ Labor Department 73 Beach Patrol Violations Found On Jersey Shore By NJ Labor Department
73 Beach Patrol Violations Found On Jersey Shore By NJ Labor Department Prompted by two lifeguard deaths, the New Jersey Department of Labor recently inspected beach patrols across the Jersey Shore. The department found 73 violations of safety and recordkeeping rules including 44 in Ocean County. The lifeguard deaths were in August 2021. Norman Inferrera III, 16, died after his patrol surfboat capsized in Cape May at Reading Avenue Beach, and Keith Pinto, 19, died after he was struck by lightning at White Sands Beach in Berkeley Township. The beaches have been renamed after the lifeguards. Compliance officers from NJDOL’s Office of Public Employees Occupa…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
State Troopers Rescue 6 Without Life Vests From Capsized Jersey Shore Boat State Troopers Rescue 6 Without Life Vests From Capsized Jersey Shore Boat
State Troopers Rescue 6 Without Life Vests From Capsized Jersey Shore Boat Six people who were not wearing life vests were rescued by New Jersey State Police after their boat capsized in Ocean County. Staff Sergeant Paul Rodemann and Trooper I Ryan Koehler responding to incident found five victims struggling to stay afloat and the sixth under water in the Point Pleasant Canal around 6 p.m. last Friday, State Police said. The victim underneath the 23-foot vessel emerged just as Rodemann and Koehler were preparing to enter the water, authorities said. The troopers assisted the six victims to shore, where they were accounted for and transported back to Point Pleasan…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine