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5 Hospitalized In DWI Golf Cart Simulation Crash At Wildwood National Night Out, Police Say 5 Hospitalized In DWI Golf Cart Simulation Crash At Wildwood National Night Out, Police Say
5 Hospitalized In DWI Golf Cart Simulation Crash At Wildwood National Night Out, Police Say Five people were hospitalized in a DWI simulation involving a golf cart operator by a juvenile and an officer at National Night Out in Wildwood on Tuesday, Aug. 6, authorities said. The impaired operator simulation has been running at the annual event for 20 years, Wildwood police said in a news release. During one of the course operations Tuesday evening, a speed-governed cart operated by a juvenile and a Wildwood operator left the enclosed course at Fox Park and struck several people, police said. The City of Wildwood Fire Department was already on scene for the event and immediatel…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Shark Bites PA Teen Surfing In NJ Shark Bites PA Teen Surfing In NJ
Shark Bites PA Teen Surfing In NJ A 15-year-old girl from Pennsylvania was bitten by a shark while surfing off the Jersey Shore, authorities said. The shark bite occurred off Stone Harbor's 109th Street Beach, around 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 21, Stone Harbor officials said. The injured surfer sustained several cuts to her left foot and calf, officials said. She received immediate onsite medical treatment from Stone Harbor Fire/Rescue. The girl was taken to Cape Regional Medical Center for further evaluation and care, where she received six stitches, officials said.  Stone Harbor Fire-RescueFacebook The Stone Harbor Polic…

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by Jon Craig
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Pennsylvania Man, 53, Drowns On Jersey Shore: Police Pennsylvania Man, 53, Drowns On Jersey Shore: Police
Pennsylvania Man, 53, Drowns On Jersey Shore: Police A 53-year-old man from Pennsylvania drowned while swimming at a Wildwood Crest beach, authorities said. Joel Green of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was found unresponsice by other swimmers who pulled him from the water about 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, Tuesday Wildwood Crest police said. When police arrived, a beachgoer was performing CPR, police said. An officer continued giving CPR until Wildwood Crest Rescue and the City of Wildwood Fire/Water Rescue arrived to assume life-saving measures on the man, police said. Green was transported to Cape Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced d…

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by Jon Craig
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'Not A Beach Day At All:' Mom Drowns Trying To Save Kids From Dangerous Jersey Shore Currents 'Not A Beach Day At All:' Mom Drowns Trying To Save Kids From Dangerous Jersey Shore Currents
'Not A Beach Day At All:' Mom Drowns Trying To Save Kids From Dangerous Jersey Shore Currents A 49-year-old mom vacationing with her kids on the Jersey Shore drowned trying to save them from dangerous tides Tuesday, authorities said. “It was not at all a beach day," Fire Chief Dominick J. McClain told NJ.com, noting there were not any lifeguards on the beach. "The water was very rough and the rip currents were very dangerous." The unidentified mom from Wernersville, PA noticed her kids ages 8, 10 and 19 were having trouble swimming to shore at the 18th Avenue beach in North Wildwood, and so she went in to get them around 3 p.m., local fire officials said. The mom scooped …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Boy, 6, Drowns In Wildwood Hotel Pool Boy, 6, Drowns In Wildwood Hotel Pool
Boy, 6, Drowns In Wildwood Hotel Pool A 6-year-old boy drowned in a Wildwood hotel pool over the Fourth of July weekend. Police responded to Beachside Resort on Atlantic Avenue for a possible drowning with CPR in progress around 6:30 p.m. July 3, the Wildwood police and fire departments said in a joint police. One police officer and firefighters resumed life-saving efforts on the boy, before he was taken to Cape Regional Medical Center. He was pronounced dead after medical staff were unable to revive him at the hospital, police said. It was unclear if a lifeguard was present at the time of the incident. “We are…

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by Cecilia Levine