Drunken mom charged with killing son in hauntingly familiar Jersey Shore boat tragedy

Jennifer Pearson, 59, has been charged in New Jersey with killing her son after allegedly drunkenly crashing her 23-foot center console boat into a channel marker in Barnegat Bay near the Brant Beach Yacht Club in Long Beach on Memorial Day at about 5:45 p.m. Charging documents cited by NJ101.5 say the crash sent Pearson’s son, Gunnar Pearson, 28, and his girlfriend into the water; Gunnar later died from injuries after being taken to a local hospital. The girlfriend and four others were hospitalized with minor injuries. Pearson turned herself in Thursday, with a reported blood alcohol level between .09 and .12.