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Post Icon Posted: Sep. 06 2004,12:08 am Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
19 hurt when 2 boats collide


By Gary Weiand
Sunday, September 5, 2004 10:14 PM MDT



A two-boat collision in California waters off Site Six injured 19 people Saturday afternoon, according to Lake Havasu City officials and a spokesman for the San Bernardino County, Calif., Sheriff's Office.

The boats collided head-on about 5:30 p.m. Saturday, according to Charlie Cassens, city public information officer. He said the smaller boat, which sank, carried two passengers, both of whom were injured. Seventeen people aboard the other vessel, a pontoon boat, were injured, most of them suffering scrapes and bruises, he said.

Cassens said the injured were taken to a temporary, holiday weekend emergency station at Site Six on the Island, where paramedics tended them. Six were transported to Havasu Regional Medical Center. Two of these were seriously hurt, he said, and one was air evacuated to University Medical Center in Las Vegas.

San Bernardino County Sheriff's Sgt. Tim Smith said the pontoon boat was a rental from Lake Havasu City and the second boat was a Mariah powerboat registered in California. He said the first report of the accident came into his agency at 6:10 p.m. Saturday. That report was followed by multiple calls for assistance on the crash.


Smith said the most seriously injured person suffered a punctured lung. None of the injuries were considered life threatening, he said.

According to the Lake Havasu City Fire Department, response included two engine companies, the fire rescue boat and three ambulances.

What caused the collision and other details of the accident was unavailable Sunday evening. Smith said officers from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office were still investigating the accident late Sunday.

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Another tipical  :drink  :drink  :drink  :drink weekend!.. :rolleyes
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17 peeps on a pontoon, standing room only. Can't imagine the rental being able to zip around and create havoc with that load :stupid

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Quote (AZKC @ Sep. 06 2004,7:09 am)
17 peeps on a pontoon, standing room only. Can't imagine the rental being able to zip around and create havoc with that load :stupid

I was thinking the same thing.  The smaller boat would obviously have better control of the situation.  I would think they would be the root of the incident, but you never know.  If the pontoon was a rental, that means they weren't very experienced either.  

Either way, it sux to be expecting to go out and have fun and have your boat sink, or scare the crap out of your family in an accident.
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Another sad day in the boating community. :(

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