A man was charged on Friday in connection to a boat crash at the Jersey Shore that killed two children, police said. Stephen Schneider, 64, of Bayville, is facing two counts of reckless vessel homicide/death by vessel, as well as driving a vessel under the influence and reckless operation of a v essel, according to the New Jersey State Police. The crash initially happened after Schneider’s Tidewater Custom 280 30-foot vessel struck a channel marker in the Intercoastal Waterway in Berkely Township, Ocean County, just after 9 p.m. on Sunday, July 19, 2026, police said. A 7-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy died after they were ejected from the boat as a result of the crash, police said. They were both unresponsive when they were taken out of the water, and they were later pronounced dead at the hospital. Schneider was in custody at a jail in Ocean County as of Friday night, where he is awaiting a future court hearing, police said. ...read more read less