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“This young person was out there every day protecting the lives of others.

“This is a tragic and heartbreaking day for our town and the entire Jersey Shore,” Amato said in a statement. Four of those struck were lifeguards and four others were beachgoers.

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“I’ve spoken to Mayor Carmen Amato and offered the full support and assistance of our administration during this difficult time.”Īmato said his township’s beaches will be closed Tuesday through Thursday as crisis counselors are made available to beach staff and lifeguards. “Our hearts are with the family and friends of the young lifeguard killed by today’s horrific lightning strike on the beach in Berkeley Township, and we pray for a full recovery for those injured,” Murphy, the state’s Democratic governor, wrote on Twitter. Ocean County Sheriff Michael Mastronardy said the others were taken to hospitals with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. It marked the second death of a young lifeguard at the Jersey Shore in a little over a week. Phil Murphy confirmed that a lifeguard in Berkeley Township was killed in the afternoon. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)īERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J.-A young lifeguard was killed and seven other people, including three other lifeguards, were injured when lightning struck a Jersey Shore beach Monday afternoon, authorities said. A lifeguard chair sits overturned on the sand at the beach where a young lifeguard was killed and seven others injured by a lightning strike in Berkeley Township, N.J., on Aug.