Yulee girl injured in boating accident

A 4-year-old Yulee girl has been released from the hospital after she was injured in a boating accident in the St. Marys River.

Sounds like this could have been avoided.

Dwayne

Boating Mystery - Waves of rumor have swirled on every side of Boone Lake for nearly two weeks

BLUFF CITY – Authorities asked for patience Wednesday, but boaters say theirs has run out.

Eleven days after a boat crash on Boone Lake that killed one fisherman and injured another, state wildlife officials still won’t say who they believe caused the wreck.

Dwayne

Suit Filed In Case Of Boy Killed While Snorkeling

The parents of a teenager accused in the death of a six-year-old boy in a Memorial Day boating accident in Key West are being sued.

The parents of Charlie Smith have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the parents of 13-year-old Christopher Ruiz. He currently faces vessel homicide charges in Key West. A hearing is scheduled for July 24th.

Dwayne

Boynton man accused of making fake distress call that triggered $350,000 search

Boynton Beach -- Federal prosecutors charged an unemployed tow truck driver Tuesday with making the phony distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard earlier this month that triggered a 48-hour, $350,000 search-and-rescue operation off Boynton Beach earlier this month.

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What a waste of time and valuable resources.  No telling what prosecution of the case will cost.

Dwayne

Victim Identified From Boating Death In The Northwoods Jun 27, 2006

An evening of boating fun ends tragically for a man in the Northwoods. Officials say Monday night at around 8:00 they recieved a call requesting an ambulance on Little St. Germain Lake.

The caller said there was a boating accident and one person was hurt.
Gregory Bykowski of Delafield was taken to Howard Young Medical Center where he later died.
Investigators say the 42-year-old was being pulled by a boat when the accident happened.
"An individual (Bykowski) being towed on an inflatable type device, a device that actually makes you go a little airborne if you hit a wave, apparently fell, hit the water pretty hard was knocked unconscious for a period of time," says Tom Wrasse, Woodruff Law Enforcement, "When they got him to shore he regained consciousness and was alert responding to questions. They took him to the hospital and shortly after 1:00 a.m. he succumbed to his injuries."
The accident is still under investigation.

Dwayne

Clermont family mourns loss of father-son team

CLERMONT -- The father and son liked to leave behind the business they ran together to go bass fishing, hoping to catch some big enough to display in their offices.

Dwayne

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Kiddie Pool Captains - Boating is not child's play

Last August, deputies Shawn Gallagher and Todd Grieb of the Dutchess County (N.Y.) Sheriff’s Office were on boat patrol when they received a report of an unusual vessel in the Hudson River – an inflatable children’s pool, manned by two college-age men using sticks instead of oars.

Dwayne

Charges in fatal boat crash could take months

Don’t look for any official answers in last week’s boating death on Boone Lake before the end of the summer.

Dwayne

Teen released in boating accident

KEY WEST - A teenager accused in the death of a 6-year-old boy in a Memorial Day boating accident will be able to stay with his parents pending his arraignment if he adheres to conditions set by the court.

Dwayne

Tougher Laws for Drunk Boating

In New York:

A New York law, propelled in part by the tragic death of a Deer Park girl last summer, would bring boating-while-intoxicated laws in line with DWI laws.

and in Michigan:

 - Someone who is too drunk to drive a car still can legally run a boat in Michigan. That could change under a plan before the state Legislature.  

Dwayne

 

Bloglines - Boating Mystery Update

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Boating - Topix.net News on Boating from Topix.net

Boating Mystery Update There is new information in the strange boating mystery that involves two lawyers from Grosse Pointe Farms.

Bloglines - Identities of Boating Accident Victims Switched

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Identities of Boating Accident Victims Switched A medical examiner's error is to blame for the improper burials of two men who died in a Potomac River boating accident.

Bloglines - Searchers find body of woman who drowned in Union Lake

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Searchers find body of woman who drowned in Union Lake ' The body of Candace Craig, 24, was found Thursday afternoon in Union Lake, two days after she went missing while boating with friends.

1 killed, 1 critical after boat collision

WINDERMERE, Fla. -- A boater was killed and another was seriously injured Friday when two boats collided at Lake Louise near Windermere, according to a FLORIDA TODAY news partner WKMG Local 6 News report.

Dwayne