Boy, 15, drowns and four others are taken to hospital after being swept away by a rip current while swimming on New Jersey beach without lifeguards: his mother heard screaming she couldn’t see his son in the water
- At least six other people had to be rescued from the water and five were rushed to medical facilities, including the teenager who was pronounced dead after arriving.
- The tragic drowning took place at Sandy Hook Beach ‘B’, part of Sandy Hook’s Gateway National Recreation Area around 4.30pm.
- The part of the beach was not supervised and swimming was prohibited
A 15-year-old boy drowned and four others were taken to hospital after being swept away by an undercurrent as they swam on the beach in New Jersey without lifeguards.
At least six people had to be rescued from the water off Sandy Hook Beach ‘B’ around 4.30pm on Sunday. Five of them were rushed to medical centers, including the teenager who was pronounced dead after arriving.
The part of the beach was not supervised and swimming was prohibited there. There are two signs warning bathers that this is an unprotected beach, meaning there are no lifeguards and swimming could endanger people. It also says that swimming is prohibited and water conditions are prone to sandbars and significant drop-offs.
Bathers reported hearing the boy’s mother yell that she couldn’t see her son in the water after the group started drifting in the current.
“I saw them floating. They were drifting. I didn’t know there were any problems until they got here,’ eyewitness Marie Macera said. ABC7.
A 15-year-old boy drowned and four others were taken to hospital after being swept away by an undercurrent as they swam on the beach in New Jersey without lifeguards.
Bathers reported hearing the boy’s mother scream that she couldn’t see her son in the water after the group started drifting in the current
“People jumped into the water, pulled out three. And then there was one missing that they couldn’t get,’ another witness, Luis Sanchez, told ABC7.
The teenager was then spotted in the water and the other members of the group gathered to make a line with their hands in an attempt to reach him. But by then, the teenager had already been in the water too long.
“They took him out, they started doing CPR on him and they couldn’t get him back,” Sanchez said. ‘When it’s windy. The weather is like this – you have strong tides and you can easily drown.
According to the National Park Service, two people were taken to Jersey Medical Center and two were sent to Monmouth Medical Center. One of them reportedly refused to receive medical treatment.
The conditions of the others taken to medical centers have not yet been released.
None of those involved have been identified.
At least six people had to be rescued from the water off Sandy Hook Beach ‘B’ around 4.30pm on Sunday
There are two signs warning bathers that this is an unprotected beach, meaning there are no lifeguards and swimming could endanger people
Five people were rushed to medical centers, including a teenager who was pronounced dead after arriving
The part of the beach was not supervised and swimming was prohibited
Sunday’s incident at the unsupervised beach marked the first rescue at the Gateway National Recreation Area this year, National Park Service spokeswoman Daphne Yun said. Patch.
According to the report, at least 10 of the 12 drowning deaths reported in 2022 occurred on unsupervised beaches.
Beaches G, D and C in the recreation area are patrolled, with patrols on duty from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Yun said.
Due to the scale of drowning deaths on New Jersey beaches last year, a Monmouth County Assemblyman called for water safety instruction to be added as a mandatory part of the program of Physical and Health Education from the State Department of Education.
Beachgoers said it hurt to start the season this way after a deadly summer last year.
