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Asbury Park Press

TUESDAY 03.03.15

AGAIN?
Point Pleasant Beach house destroyed
by areas second gas explosion in a week;
homes tenant injured in latest blast

Freeholder:
Make driver
of sunken
truck pay
Pickup reportedly doing
doughnuts on river ice
AMANDA OGLESBY @OGLESBYAPP
TOMS RIVER The driver of a pickup truck that was
allegedly doing doughnuts on ice before falling into
the Toms River should pay for the search and rescue
efforts as well as the cleanup of Barnegat Bay, Freeholder Joseph Vicari said.
The State Police said the driver, Andrew Mayer, 27,
and his passenger, Daniel Jolly, 25, escaped the truck
before it submerged but didnt immediately notify authorities. Toms River police had received reports of
the white pickup doing doughnuts on the icy river
before the trucks lights disappeared about 12:15 a.m.
Sunday. The vehicle was not located until 10:20 a.m.
about 10 feet off Motor Road in Pine Beach.
Fan boats and helicopters hovered across the water
as the Coast Guard, State Police and local authorities
searched the partially frozen river for hours looking
for the missing vehicle before the pair turned themselves in. That afternoon, divers discovered a dead
boxer dog still inside the submerged truck.
The State Police did not plan to charge Jolly, but the
agency was still investigating Mayer, State Police Sgt.

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POINT PLEASANT BEACH For the second

time in less than a week, a natural-gas explosion disintegrated an Ocean County house, in
this case injuring the homes tenant after it exploded when he turned on the bathroom light.
Its very strange, isnt it? said Rose Marie
Posella, who witnessed the latest blast from
her backyard in the predawn hours Monday,
seeing flames shooting up into the trees at the
house two doors down from her.
I was sound asleep, and I heard a boom. I
thought it was an earthquake, Posella said.
After I heard the boom, I heard sirens in the
distance, and I thought it was something happening in town.
Ocean County authorities said that what Posella heard and witnessed was the coun-

See TRUCK, Page A12

BOB BIELK/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

State Police rescue workers on a fan boat on the Toms River

search Sunday for a pickup truck that crashed through the ice.

videos from the scene of the

explosion on your desktop
computer or mobile device at
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Above: The remains of a one-story home leveled by a

gas explosion and resulting fire early Monday
morning on Cooks Lane in Point Pleasant Beach.
TOM SPADER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

See BLAST, Page A4

Seaside Heights will host touring music festival in June

ALEX BIESE @ABIESEAPP

Change of scenery

Seaside Heights is amping up for an exciting season

ahead.
Mumford & Sons are hosting a great big beach party
this summer, and they've invited some of the biggest
names in music to join in on the fun.
The Grammy-winning folk rockers are curating the
Gentlemen of the Road Stopovers, a touring festival
that will make its first stop June 5 and 6 in Seaside
Heights.
Along with Mumford & Sons, bands on the bill are set
to include Oklahoma psychedelic rockers The Flaming

Town hopes family-friendly fest will dim memories of Jersey

Shore, superstorm Sandy, boardwalk fire. Page A10

Lips, recent Saturday Night Live performers Alabama Shakes, and California classic-rock revivalists
Dawes.
Other acts announced Monday morning include the
Vaccines, the Maccabees, the Very Best, Jenny Lewis,
Little May, JEFF The Brotherhood, Blake Mills and
more to be announced.

Tickets are set to go on sale 10 a.m. Friday through

the Gentlemen of the Road website. Two-day passes are
$179, and limited beach camping is available for $20 per
person on a first-come, first-served basis.
Mumford & Sons are going on tour with the Gentlemen of the Road Stopovers in support of their upcoming
third album, Wilder Mind, set to be released May 4 on
Glassnote Records.
According to a news release, each two-day festival is
intended to be an event that combines the intimacy of a
community celebration with the excitement of a worldSee MUSIC, Page A10

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