Ocean County Man Dies After Rip Current Rescue On Long Beach Island

Man Dies After Being Pulled From Rip Current in Ship Bottom

A 28‑year‑old Forked River man died Friday after being caught in a rip current off East 21st Street, according to the Ship Bottom Police Department.

Ocean County Man Dies After Rip Current Rescue On Long Beach Island

SHIP BOTTOM — A 28-year-old Forked River man died after being caught in a rip current off a Ship Bottom beach, authorities said. Emergency responders were called to East 21st Street at approximately 2:28 p.m. on June 5 for a report of four people caught in a rip current. The response included the Ship Bottom Police Department, Ship Bottom Fire Department, and Surf City Fire and EMS. By the time first responders arrived, three of the four individ…

23-year-old drowns off popular New Jersey beach amid hazardous ocean conditions

SEASIDE PARK, N.J. – A 23-year-old man drowned Friday evening off a popular Jersey Shore beach as hazardous ocean conditions contributed to a second drowning-related death in New Jersey on the same day.According to the Seaside Park Police Department, the Burlington County man drowned in the Atlantic Ocean off of Lafayette Street beach in Seaside Park.As warmer weather draws more people to beaches across the Northeast, the early-season drowning u…