The body of a Hopewell, VA resident was found by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources after a boating accident in Chesterfield County. According to information released by the agency, on Friday, August 6, at approximately 11 a.m., the 78-year-old man had been fishing with a friend downriver from the Dutch Gap boat ramp with…
A 9-year-old girl and 35-year-old woman were killed yesterday when the recreational boat they were in capsized at Croaker Landing at the York River State Park in James City County, VA. The two victims were on the 20-foot boat with four other people. Two of the other passengers were transported to Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical…
A crash between a boat and a personal watercraft on Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake left a 17-year-old girl from North Carolina dead and the 19-year-old operating the PWC seriously injured. The deadly collision on the water in Pittsylvania County occurred shortly before 8 pm on July 3, 2016. The 21-foot speed boat and the PWC…
A ski boat crash on Cheat Lake, northeast of Morgantown, West Virginia (WV), on Memorial Day 2015 sent 12 people to hospitals with injuries. Three of the individuals who had been aboard the 23-foot motorboat when it slammed into the shore close to Sunset Beach Marina sustained critical injuries. No immediate explanations for…
A drunk boater can kill people just as easy as a drunk driver. A boat operator who has been drinking is the number one contributing factor to fatal boating accidents. It was reported as the primary factor in 16% of all boating accidents and as a contributing factor in up to a third. The governor of Michigan will be signing a…