Lightning Strike at Jersey Shore Kills Lifeguard, Injures 7

Lightning Strike at Jersey Shore Kills Lifeguard, Injures 7
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. 30, 2021. Wayne Parry/AP Photo
The Associated Press
Updated:

BERKELEY 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.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy confirmed that a lifeguard in Berkeley Township was killed in the afternoon.