It marked the second death of a young lifeguard at the Jersey Shore in a little over a week.
BERKELEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Police on Tuesday identified the lifeguard killed by a lightning strike at the Jersey Shore as a 19-year-old, one of four lifeguards hit by the bolt. Keith Pinto, of Toms River, was among eight people who were hit by lightning Monday afternoon in Berkeley Township. The others were taken to local hospitals with injuries that were not considered life-threatening. The strike happened just after 4:30 p.m. Monday at the 21st Avenue beach, near the entrance gates to Island Beach State Park, just south of Seaside Park.
