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Posted: Sep. 07 2004,2:08 am |
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More info from www.HavasuNews.com:
| Quote | Boat strikes bridge; 2 dead, 2 missing
By Gary Weiand
Monday, September 6, 2004 11:03 PM MDT
Drinking and boating took a heavy toll on Colorado River boaters over the Labor Day weekend, according to reports from the San Bernardino County, Calif., Sheriff's Office.
Sgt. Phil Odom said that early Monday morning a boat carrying seven passengers crashed into a pylon supporting the Interstate 40 Bridge near Topock, leaving two confirmed dead, two missing and presumed dead, and three injured. Alcohol is suspected as a cause of the crash, he said.
Odom said the driver, Scott Eckhof, 34, Anaheim Hills, Calif., has been charged with causing injury or death under the influence of alcohol, and manslaughter under the influence of alcohol.
The bodies of Jennifer Knight, 23, Corona, Calif., and Ryan McMahan, 26, Mohave Valley, have been recovered, he said. Missing and presumed dead are Rorey McMahan, 28, home presently unknown, and Dale Baldwin, age and place of residence presently unknown.
Sgt. Mike Fassari said the time of the crash was uncertain, but the Sheriff's department was notified about 4 a.m. Monday. The dive team arrived at 6:30 and began searching for the boat, which had sunk, and the two missing passengers. Divers discovered the wrecked boat around 1:30 p.m. but the search for the passengers was continuing, he said Monday evening.
Alcohol may have been a factor in another boating accident earlier in the Labor Day holiday, Odom said.
The two-vessel collision occurred off Site Six near the California shoreline on Lake Havasu Saturday evening. Odom said that driver Michael Scot Macintosh, 43, San Bernardino, was southbound in his 1995 Mariah runabout when he collided head-on with a triple pontoon boat carrying 11 people. Macintosh's boat had three passengers aboard.
The pontoon boat saw the crash coming and slowed down, but the Mariah's driver did not see the threat until the last moment, Odom said.
Contrary to earlier reports, no one was sent to University Medical Center in Las Vegas. Three were ejected from the Mariah and transported to Havasu Regional Medical Center - Macintosh, who suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs, James Trusswell, 29, Wrightwood, Calif., who suffered a broken leg, and his sister Amanda Trusswell, 24, Colton, Calif., who suffered a severe head laceration as well as scrapes and bruises.
The third passenger was unhurt, he said.
Odum said that two passengers on the pontoon also went to the HRMC - Andrew Lazarz, 23, Inglewood, Ohio, with a broken ankle, and Nicole Hill, 17, Redlands, Calif., who complained of back pain and was treated and released, he said.
Odom said that a blood sample was taken from Macintosh, and it would be about a month before its results are known.
"The investigation is incomplete at this time," he said. "A case may be issued." |
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