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LITTLE EGG HARBOR, NJ – One boater was killed and different injured connected Sunday greeting erstwhile some occupants were ejected from their vessel aft hitting a aftermath successful Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, according to authorities police.
New Jersey State Police troopers responded to the clang conscionable earlier 10 a.m. Sunday successful Barnegat Bay adjacent ICW Marker 116 successful Little Egg Harbor.
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Troopers said their archetypal probe recovered that a 27-foot Robalo vas deed a ample wake, causing some passengers to beryllium ejected. The vas continued to circle, striking 1 of the occupants.
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Karl Chen, 56, of Princeton, suffered fatal injuries and different occupant sustained insignificant injuries, according to troopers.
State constabulary said the probe is ongoing.
The incidental came aft the Jersey shore, and astir of the Eastern Seaboard experienced unsmooth surf and unsafe rip currents from Hurricane Erin.
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