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13-Year-Old Swimmer Dies in Belmar After Rescue Effort

Local authorities are investigating lifeguard staffing gaps following a series of summer drownings along New Jersey shores

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Overview

  • Police received multiple 911 calls around 6:30 p.m. Friday about swimmers in distress off the Eighth Avenue beach in Belmar.
  • Belmar Water Rescue teams found the missing 13-year-old about an hour later off Seventh Avenue beach and recovered her unresponsive from the water.
  • Life-saving efforts by Belmar lifeguards, municipal EMS, Hackensack Meridian paramedics and the U.S. Coast Guard included CPR on the beach.
  • She was transported to Jersey Shore University Hospital and pronounced dead there.
  • Reports conflict over whether lifeguards were on duty at the time, fueling questions about staffing and after-hours enforcement of beach closures.