Body discovered in water near Island Beach State Park
A body was found off Island Beach State Park not far from where a swimmer went missing on Friday.Larry Ragonese, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection, tells the The Star-Ledger a fisherman called 911 after finding the body floating in the Atlantic early Saturday morning. The Ocean County Medical Examiner has yet to positively identify the body.
"He was swimming with a group of friends. He got in some trouble; an individual came out to help him and he lost control of him and he went down," Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light Commanding Officer Kevin Speer told the Asbury Park Press.
Beachgoers were kept out of the water as the search got underway according to 7 ABC. A look at the Earthcam.com camera in Seaside Park shows rough surf on the main beach.
Ilya Hemlin contributed to this report.