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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
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.
