✅Three people died after 2 boats struck channel markers in Barnegat Bay on July 19. ✅State Police say channel markers are well marked, charted and lit✅Marine officers urge boaters to slow down and stay in the marked channelThree people died after two separate boats struck channel markers in Barnegat Bay within a week, prompting marine law enforcement officers to remind boaters that the markers are highly visible and designed to help, not hinder, safe navigation. In a crash on July 25, a 32-foot Boston Whaler carrying five people struck a channel marker in the bay. 1st Class Karen Fahy said that the markers are not new. The locations of the markers are included on navigational charts.