ByTrish Hartman, Katherine Scott, and Amanda Pitts Tuesday, May 26, 2026 8:56PM LONG BEACH TWP., N.J. -- One person was killed and five others were injured after a boat crashed into a channel marker on Barnegat Bay near Long Beach Island on Memorial Day. The victim was identified by New Jersey state police on Tuesday as 28-year-old Gunnar Pearson of Barnegat, N.J. Pearson was one of two people who were ejected into the water upon impact.