Tragedy at Route 70 Bridge, Brick NJ

At the new route 70 bridge over the Manasquan river, while tearing down the old bridge a barge fliped over and trapped 1 man under water yesterday.
There was a Coast Guard hellicopter and also police and rescue units from Brick, Wall, Brielle, Berkley and Point Pleasant.
They were getting the Monmouth County Sheriff diving teem ready to try to rescue the guy stuck under the barge.

-Asbury Park Press article-
BRICK — The 37-year-old construction worker killed when the barge he was working on flipped over in the Manasquan River Wednesday drowned, State Police said today, a worker for George Harms Construction Co., James P. Lovely, of Aberdeen, was working under the old Route 70 bridge at about 4 p.m. Wednesday on a 20-by-50-foot barge, which was connected to a push-boat.

Dismantling of the 71-year-old drawbridge spanning the river between Brielle and Brick had begun Monday, and crews were removing the steel span that lifted the drawbridge.
When both vessels overturned, a second man, Chris Ramano, 32, of Brick, who was operating the 25-foot push-boat managed to escape. Lovely, who was wearing a life preserver, attempted to jump from the barge.

An autopsy, conducted Thursday night by the Ocean County medical examiner, showed Lovely, trapped under the barge, had drowned, said State Police Sgt. Stephen Jones.
"We might not know definitively what happened under the boat but know that he had no catastrophic injuries from being struck by any debris,'' Jones said.
Staff report

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[renzy77]

i remember only seeing a helicopter in april or somthng like that aroud 4 5 or 6 i thnk lik 430 but didnt here it on the news

[JerseyBoy83]

Look at my latest video "Air Raid" - it has videos that I took that day but I turned it into a bombing.

[jamlove2020]

what was the guy called that was killed?

[JerseyBoy83]

Barge worker?

[Reckless231]

yeah i saw the chopper that day

[JerseyBoy83]

yeah I thought they were after me, the chopper was hovering almost right over my house.

[wailnshred]

Terrible accident. My condolences to the guy's family.

[Truocco15]

@crochetstar12 meee to

[YankeePat94]

@boonehawks no, the Route 35 bridge is still a drawbridge. This one is further west. The Route 35 one is closer to the ocean.

[YankeePat94]

@boonehawks no, the Route 35 bridge is still a drawbridge. This one is further west. The Route 35 one is closer to the ocean.

[MegaSuckadick]

good story you should tell it at parties

[MegaSuckadick]

HE MEANS WHAT HE SAYS!

[psiloveyou27]

i was standing right there watching everything :(

[scoot4life11300]

i was in the traffic on that bridge coming home from school and it collapsed and i thought our part of the bridge was going to go down also i was crying and felt relle bad. sad sad day get a A+ on a test and this happens. im sorry to the family who lost a love one and he will be remembered and never forgotten.

[boonehawks]

Don't you mean the Route 35 bridge over the Manasquan river?