Second Fatal Boat Crash Also Linked to Barnegat Bay Channel Markers, State Police Report

TOMS RIVER, N.J. – A 26-year-old Somerset County man was killed and two others suffered serious injuries after a boat struck an Intracoastal Waterway channel marker in Barnegat Bay late Saturday night, according to the New Jersey State Police.

Troopers responded at approximately 10:56 p.m. Saturday to a report of a serious vessel crash in the Intracoastal Waterway in Toms River Township. Investigators said a preliminary investigation found a 32-foot Boston Whaler struck a channel marker before the vessel’s operator navigated to a resi...