One Dead, Multiple People Injured in Barnegat Bay Boat Crash During FloatShoalla Weekend

TOMS RIVER, N.J. — What began as one of the Jersey Shore’s largest summer boating weekends and on-the-water celebrations ended in tragedy Saturday night when a fatal boating crash claimed one life and left three others injured on the Barnegat Bay.

Thousands of recreational boaters descended on the bay for the annual FloatShoalla gathering, a tradition that transforms Tices Shoal and surrounding waters into one of New Jersey’s largest floating parties. The celebration draws hundreds of boats, personal watercraft, and large groups of people who anchor together throughout ...