Two men in New York have been charged with reckless boating and boating under the influence stemming from aboating accident that claimed the life of a teenage girl. The accident occurred last June on Lake Ellicott Creek when the teen was boating with her 18-year-old boyfriend and the father of a friend. The 51-year-old…
On Saturday morning, aboating accident claimed the life of one man and another remains unaccounted for. The accident happened in Argyle, Wisconsin when a group of men were on a fishing trip. Emergency crews received calls from witnesses claiming a boat had overturned near the dam on the Pecatonica River. Two men were rescued…
Aboating accident has claimed the life of a 26-year-old National Guardsman in Nevada on Monday. A boater at Pyramid Lake noticed the Guardsman’s truck had been unoccupied late into the night on Monday and he notified emergency crews. Tragically, the man’s lifeless body was located on Tuesday by police. The cause of death and…
Aboating accident in South Carolina has claimed the life of a man. The accident happened on Lake Wylie when 44-year-old Tony Hinson Jr. and another individual were boating during the early hours of Saturday. As the two men departed a lakeside restaurant, they were ejected from the boat when a crash occurred. One of…
On Friday, a boat driver was indicted with 16 counts resulting from a fatalboating accident in July. The accident happened in Dundalk, Maryland when 56-year-old Timothy Jay Wilson was operating a 37-foot Sea Ray Sundancer boat along a shipping channel when he crashed his boat into a concrete pillar near the Key Bridge. The…
Divers and search crews recovered the body of a man that had been missing due to aboating accident. The accident happened Saturday morning on Lake Wylie, South Carolina. Two men were boating on the lake when they had stopped at a restaurant on the lake. As they departed, they were involved in an accident…
Aboating accident on Friday afternoon has claimed the lives of two people and injured five others. The accident happened in Manasquan, New Jersey around 1:30 p.m. Seven individuals were riding on a pontoon boat when authorities believe a large swell caused the boat to capsize. All passengers were thrown into the water and recovered….
In 2011, the Missouri State Water Patrol was merged with the Missouri State Highway Patrol which has resulted in a large decline in boaters being arrested for boating while intoxicated. In 2010, 352 boaters were arrested in Missouri forboating while intoxicated, and just four years later, authorities only arrested 131 boaters for BWI. While…
Aboating accident where a worker slipped and fell from a barge resulting in the man losing his legs in the accident. The man was working on the barge that has been channel dredging. The work has been occurring 24 hours a day, and when the crews end their shift, they are transported to land…
Aboating accident in Needles, California has killed two individuals and seriously injured five others. The accident occurred on the Colorado River on October 9th when two boats collided at the Needles Marina. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, the accident happened at approximately 6:15 p.m. and the drivers of both boats were…