NJ police identify 19-year-old lifeguard killed by lightning

BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Police connected Tuesday identified the lifeguard killed by a lightning onslaught astatine the Jersey Shore arsenic a 19-year-old. Keith Pinto of Toms River was among 8 radical who were deed by lightning Monday day successful Berkeley Township. Three of those struck were besides lifeguards astatine the beach. The 7 others were taken to section hospitals with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. The onslaught happened aft 4:30 p.m. Monday astatine the 21st Avenue beach, adjacent the entranceway gates to Island Beach State Park. It marked the 2nd decease of a young lifeguard astatine the Jersey Shore successful a small implicit a week.