Teens Hurt In Waverunner Head-On Collision In Brick: UPDATE

The Barnegat Bay (Photo by Jason Allentoff)

BRICK – A 13-year-old Mahwah boy is still in the hospital after a Saturday afternoon head-on collision between two Waverunners in the Barnegat Bay near the Metedeconk River.

New Jersey State Police reported that the boy is listed in serious condition. The boy was airlifted to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.

His Yamaha Waverunner was hit head-on by another Waverunner. A 15 year old was driving the other one. His other passenger suffered non-life threatening injuries, according to police reports.

New Jersey residents younger than 16 cannot legally operate a personal watercraft.