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Boat Accident

Wildwood, NJ
News
Fishing Boat Accident Closes Two Mile Bridge Fishing Boat Accident Closes Two Mile Bridge
Fishing Boat Accident Closes Two Mile Bridge The Middle Thorofare Two Mile Bridge was closed due to a boat crash on Saturday, Aug. 31, officials said. Wildwood Crest Mayor Don Cabrera posted a statement around 6:15 a.m. saying the 85-year-old bridge was struck by a fishing vessel. It had not reopened as of 9 a.m. "If you are traveling from the Wildwoods or into Wildwood’s early this morning and plan to use this bridge you may want to take alternate routes," the mayor said. The bridge had been closed earlier this month after the drive shaft broke.

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by Cecilia Levine
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Boat Driver Left Scene Of Crash That Injured Four People Near South Jersey Park, Troopers Say Boat Driver Left Scene Of Crash That Injured Four People Near South Jersey Park, Troopers Say
Boat Driver Left Scene Of Crash That Injured Four People Near South Jersey Park, Troopers Say Four people were hospitalized after a boat crashed near an Atlantic County park, officials said. In a Facebook post, the Dorothy Volunteer Fire Company said it responded to a marine rescue near Estell Manor Park in Mays Landing at around 5:42 p.m. on Sunday, July 28. Four victims were taken to hospitals with their injuries. A state police spokesperson said 37-year-old Daniel Bollinger of Egg Harbor City was driving an 18-foot boat in the South River. The boat went into a marsh area and hit several trees. Bollinger left the crash scene before troopers arrived and he later turned h…

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by Chris Spiker
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Man Dives Off Boat, Injures Neck On Long Island: Police Man Dives Off Boat, Injures Neck On Long Island: Police
Man Dives Off Boat, Injures Neck On Long Island: Police A man was airlifted to a nearby hospital with injuries after he dove off the front of his boat in a Long Island bay. It happened in Wantagh on Sunday, July 7, Nassau County Police said. That day, a 47-year-old man was on his boat in Zach’s Bay. At about 4:20 p.m., he dove off the front of the boat into the shallow water and hit his head, injuring his neck. He was found by the Nassau County Marine Bureau and transported to the Jones Beach Theater, where he was then airlifted to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment. Additional details have not been released. 

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by Sophie Grieser
Quincy, MA
Police & Fire
Teen With 'Heart Of Gold' Killed, 5 Injured After Boat Slams Into Cape Cod Jetty Teen With 'Heart Of Gold' Killed, 5 Injured After Boat Slams Into Cape Cod Jetty
Teen With 'Heart Of Gold' Killed, 5 Injured After Boat Slams Into Cape Cod Jetty A 17-year-old girl who was "effortlessly kind" was killed Friday night, July 21, and five others were hurt in a Cape Cod boat crash, her high school announced.  Sadie Mauro, of Sherborn in Middlesex County, was one of six people on a boat that struck a jetty in Sesuit Harbor in Barnstable County around 9 p.m., reports said. Rescue crews found her body off Cold Storage Beach around 11:30 p.m. following a multi-agency search, state police said.  Sadie was a rising senior and lacrosse star at Dover-Sherborn High School. Several news outlets  said Principal John Smith sent a…

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by Josh Lanier
Norwich, CT
Police & Fire
Officials Identify 2 Men Killed In CT Boat Accident Officials Identify 2 Men Killed In CT Boat Accident
Officials Identify 2 Men Killed In CT Boat Accident Officials have identified two men who were killed in a boat accident in Connecticut.  Authorities responded to a report of a boat accident in New London County on Saturday, Aug. 20, and found a center console adrift off the Stonington shoreline, a Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) spokesperson said. Two men, identified as 54-year-old David Motherway, of Stonington, and 52-year-old Brian Collie, of Littleton, Colorado, were pronounced dead at the scene, the DEEP spokesperson reported. Authorities determined that Motherway was the owner of the boat tha…

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by Nicole Valinote
Lakewood, NJ
Police & Fire
5 Hurt When Boat Runs Aground On Jersey Shore 5 Hurt When Boat Runs Aground On Jersey Shore
5 Hurt When Boat Runs Aground On Jersey Shore Five people were hurt when a boat ran aground in the Barnegat Bay in Toms River, authorities said. At approximately 9 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 14, police and firefighters responded to Boca Raton Drive at Chadwick Island, Toms River police and firefighters from Ocean Beach Volunteer Fire Co.  Some passengers were ejected from the boat, Toms River police said.  There were eight people aboard the boat, police said.  All occupants and patients were removed by boat to awaiting EMS units and transported to hospitals.  One patient was airlifted to an area hospital.  A poli…

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by Jon Craig
Bel Air, MD
News
Sunken Boat At Private Pier Spills Fuel Into Maryland River: Officials Sunken Boat At Private Pier Spills Fuel Into Maryland River: Officials
Sunken Boat At Private Pier Spills Fuel Into Maryland River: Officials A sunken boat leaked fuel into a Maryland waterway on Monday, July 18, officials said. Members of the Joppa Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company responded to a private pier in the 600 block of Town Center Drive on Rumsey Island in Joppa, where there was a report of a fuel leak. Officials reported that at approximately 1 p.m. on Monday afternoon, the Harford County Department of Emergency Services Special Operations Team was also called to the scene to help contain any fuel that may have leaked from the boat. They added that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police has been notified o…

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by Zak Failla
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Police On Long Island Rescue Suicidal Man, Three People Whose Boat Capsized Police On Long Island Rescue Suicidal Man, Three People Whose Boat Capsized
Police On Long Island Rescue Suicidal Man, Three People Whose Boat Capsized Police on Long Island responding to a suicidal man who had hung himself, found themselves at the same time working to save three people whose boat had capsized. The incidents began around 6 p.m. in the town of Southold when officers were alerted to a potentially suicidal man. Responding officers were told that the man was in possession of a handgun and would allegedly shoot responding officers and then himself, said Lt. Scott Latham, of the Southold Police. Officers established a perimeter and had neighbors shelter in place. Prior to contact being established with the man, he climbed …

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by Kathy Reakes
Towson, MD
Police & Fire
3 Boat Collision In Bowley Quarters Sends 5 To The Hospital: Fire Officials 3 Boat Collision In Bowley Quarters Sends 5 To The Hospital: Fire Officials
3 Boat Collision In Bowley Quarters Sends 5 To The Hospital: Fire Officials Five people are in the hospital after a three-boat collision happened over Memorial Day weekend in Baltimore County waters, authorities said. The crash happened in the 1700 block of Bowleys Quarters just before 10 p.m. on Sunday, May 29, the Baltimore County Fire Department said on Twitter.  **Update** 3 Boat Collision, 1700 block of Bowleys Quarters. All occupants on boats have been accounted for. Total of 7 patients, 5 being transported to local hospitals for treatment. DT 2152 *TA pic.twitter.com/PUBkaTDyMm — Baltimore County Fire Department (@BaltCoFire) May 30, 2022 A total of se…

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by David Cifarelli
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Man Saved After Legs Hit By Boat Propeller On Long Island Man Saved After Legs Hit By Boat Propeller On Long Island
Man Saved After Legs Hit By Boat Propeller On Long Island A man was saved on Long Island by Bay Constables after both of his legs were hit by a boat's propeller. The accident took place around 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 29 in Suffolk County in Noyac Creek in Southhampton. According to Southampton Police Lt. Susan Ralph, the injured man was transported to a residence where Bay Constables were the first to arrive. Once on the scene,  Constables Chris Fraser immediately applied tourniquets to both legs which slowed the victim’s blood loss.  Suffolk County Police Aviation Unit was requested and flew the victim to Ston…

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by Kathy Reakes
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
PICS: Watercraft Crashes Into Boat On Lake Hopatcong, Sinks Both Vessels, Hospitalizes Operator PICS: Watercraft Crashes Into Boat On Lake Hopatcong, Sinks Both Vessels, Hospitalizes Operator
PICS: Watercraft Crashes Into Boat On Lake Hopatcong, Sinks Both Vessels, Hospitalizes Operator The operator of a personal watercraft was hospitalized after crashing into a 25-foot boat on Lake Hopatcong and causing both vessels to sink Monday night, state police confirmed. The watercraft struck the boat on a portion of the lake near Liffy Island around 7:30 p.m., NJSP Trooper Lawrence Peele told Daily Voice. Both vessels sunk following the crash, and the watercraft operator was taken to Morristown Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, Peele said. Two other passengers on the boat were uninjured in the crash, Peele said. The cause of the crash remains under investigation…

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by Valerie Musson
White Plains, NY
Police & Fire
Three Rescued After Sailboating Accident In Westchester, Police Say Three Rescued After Sailboating Accident In Westchester, Police Say
Three Rescued After Sailboating Accident In Westchester, Police Say Three were rescued from the Long Island Sound after crashing their sailboat into a rock, police in Westchester said. New Rochelle Police officers responded in Marine I to Davenport Reef on the Long Island Sound at approximately 6:44 p.m. on Monday, May 31, when a 27-foot sailboat struck a rock and took on water. Police said that the captain of the sailboat was able to navigate the boat toward the Davenport Beach Club and began capsizing approximately 100 yards off the shore. The captain of the boat was able to swim to shore, New Rochelle Police Capt. Cosmo Costa said, with three others on…

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by Zak Failla