HIGHLANDS, N.J. - A 15-year-old boy died and several other victims were taken to hospitals after six people were pulled from the ocean at an unguarded New Jersey beach over the weekend, authorities said.Officials said it happened at about 4:30 p.m.
Sunday at Sandy Hook in the Gateway National Recreation Area. Daphne Yun, a spokesperson for the National Park Service, said the six were swimming at Beach B, which has no lifeguards.Sandy Hook lifeguards responded from other nearby beaches.
First responders from nearby Sea Bright and Highlands joined them in pulling the six victims from the water.The boy and two other victims were taken Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, where he was pronounced dead.
Two victims were taken to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune Township. One person declined medical treatment, Yun said.