1 dead in second fatal Barnegat Bay boat crash in a week

🚨A high-speed boat crash in Barnegat Bay Saturday night killed one person

🚨Five people were aboard the boat when it struck a canal marker

🚨It is the second fatal boat crash involving a canal marker in a week

TOMS RIVER — Another deadly boating crash involving an Intracoastal Waterway channel marker has claimed a life in Ocean County, less than a week after two children were killed in a similar collision.

A motorboat carrying five people struck a channel marker in Barnegat Bay at a high rate of speed Saturday night, according to law enforcement sources who spoke with New Jersey 101.5. One person was killed, while at least two others suffered serious injuries and were flown to hospitals by medical helicopter.

The crash happened in the Toms River section of Barnegat Bay during one of the busiest boating weekends of the summer.

A person was killed in a boating accident Saturday night in Ocean County.

All on board were teens, according to The Lakewood Scoop, which was first to report on the crash. Authorities have not publicly released information about the incident.

Second deadly channel marker crash in Barnegat Bay

Saturday night's collision came less than a week after another devastating boating accident in Barnegat Bay.

Late on July 19, a boat operated by 63-year-old Stephen Schneider, of the Bayville section of Berkeley, crashed into an Intracoastal Waterway channel marker, killing his young grandson and granddaughter.

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Ocean County boating crash on a busy summer weekend

The Ocean County Sheriff's Office posted a reminder about boating safety on Sunday morning.

"We remind the public to be responsible while operating a boat whether you're at Tices Shoal today or anywhere. Operating a boat should be like operating a vehicle. Make good decisions," the Sheriff's Office said.

The annual Floatshoalla event was held in Barnegat Bay on Saturday and Sunday, described as the "biggest boat party on the Jersey Shore." It also features DJs and swimming on the bay side of Island Beach State Park at Tices Shoal but is accessible only by watercraft.

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