A combination of Tropical Storm Bertha and high tide sent one dozen people to go to area hospitals.
Many of the injuries include broken collarbones and dislocated shoulders.
Shore breaks are to blame, according to Captain Butch Arbin of the Ocean City Beach Patrol.
"We have a higher surf today because of the tropical storm activity in the Atlantic Ocean and that combined with high tide cause this," he said. "The waves rather than breaking on the sandbar continue building until they reach the beach causing people to be hit from behind. It's like being struck in a rear-end collision."
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2 comments:
those mean ol waves, maybe the dems ought to petition the ocean to stop being so mean! I'm sure there has to be some action they can take to make it stop!
Close down the beaches.
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