Jared Marchiano of Wheaton Avenue in the Bayville section of town was identified as the teen who was crushed on Friday evening in a freak accident.

According to officials Jared was trespassing on Stone N' Counters South, LLC, at 245 Hickory Lane in Bayville when he was crushed by a heavy piece of marble or granite. This piece weighing around 650 pounds did not kill hime on contact, but because he was alone help could not be reached.

According to Della Fave a spokesman for Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office “Preliminarily, the way it looks, it was a tremendously tragic accident where the young fellow was trying to squeeze or walk between the two slabs and they became dislodged," Della Fave said. "Once it fell on him, no one was around to get it off."

Jared was discovered at around 6:40am by a motorists who called police when he discovered the body wedged between the pieces.  According to Della Fave, it is not fully clear why Jared was out or if he was with anyone.  It is also not clear how long he was being crushed under  the heavy counter top pieces, so an autopsy is under way.

Investigators are in the process of interviewing friends and family to see if anyone knew of his whereabouts during this tragic accident.  Please keep Jared's family in your mind and hearts as they must endure this horrible tragedy.

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