2009 - Page 15 of 170 - Shapiro, Washburn & Sharp

Sport Fishermen’s Deaths on Chesapeake Bay Latest in Deadly Year on Virginia (VA) Waters

By mid-September, Virginia (VA) Game and Inland Fisheries officials already knew that 2009 was an uncommonly dangerous year for boaters and users of personal watercraft such as Jet Skis. The agency released statistics showing that 124 people had died, disappeared or been hospitalized because of accidents involving boats and watercraft. Since then, several more people…

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