Boating Safety and Accident News

TWRA Stresses Water Safety For July 4th
Greeneville Sun - Greeneville, TN, USA Also, remember that youth ages 12 and under are required to wear a life preserver while the boat is underway. Drifting, as well as under power of the engine ...

How Boaters Can Steer Clear Of Trouble At America's Best Harbors ...
Post Chronicle - USAS.) has surveyed its nationwide towboat fleet and reveals its recommendations for boaters on how to stay out of trouble when viewing crowded July 4th ...

Kansas Boater Education course set for July 10-11
Iola Register - Iola, KS, USA PARSONS — A Kansas Boater Education course will be July 10-11 in Parsons. Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks game wardens are instructors. ...

Boating: Class to teach boating emergency skills
Elmira Star-Gazette - Elmira, NY, USA By John Keshishoglou • July 4, 2009 Boating mishaps can occur due to many reasons including: fires, collisions with another boat or object, capsizing or ...

Rules, regulations and requirements of water safety
Evening Observer - Dunkirk, NY, USA "Unfortunately, or fortunately for a boater, depending on which way you look at it, New York state does not have any laws against having an open container ...

Boater Safety on Coralville Lake
KCRG - Cedar Rapids, IA, USA By Jami Brinton, Reporter By Jami Brinton CORALVILLE LAKE - Hundreds of boaters are gathering at Coralville Lake to celebrate this holiday weekend. ...

DNR offers free boat inspections
WPDE - Myrtle Beach, SC, USA On Saturday, DNR set up an inspection site at Enterprise Landing in Socastee and offered a number of boaters the free inspections. "Just checking the boats ...

Carbon monoxide incident hits home with former state Rep.
Casper Star-Tribune Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:43 AM PDT The recent headline "Carbon monoxide sickens two girls" brought back tragic memories for former state legislator Ann Robinson.

BOATING SAFETY: - CASPER
K2TV Wyoming Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:39 PM PDT THERE IS ANOTHER DANGER TO BEWARE OF. IF YOUR ARE BOATING THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. A DAY ON THE LAKE TURNED TO TRAGEDY FOR ONE LOCAL FAMILY. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING KILLED ONE LITTLE GIRL WHO HAD SPENT ONLY A SHORT TIME PLAYING AT THE BACK OF A BOAT.

4 boaters found clinging to craft in Lake Erie
Toledo Blade - Toledo, OH, USA By MEGHAN GILBERT MONROE - Four boaters were found yesterday evening clinging to their capsized boat in Lake Erie near Middle Sister Island, nearly 20 hours ...

Boater drowns in Big Bear Lake abc7.com -
Los Angeles, CA, USA A boater drowned after he jumped into the water trying to help a friend. Investigators say a group of people rented a boat. One of them jumped into the ...

Boy, 11, missing in Pa. river; man's body found
Daily Record Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:25 AM PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) â Search crews have recovered the body of a man who jumped into the Delaware River to try to rescue an 11-year-old boy who fell off a boat, the Coast Guard said Saturday.

BETHANY BEACH: Three rescued from capsizing
Delaware Coast Press Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:06 AM PDT BETHANY BEACH â The Coast Guard rescued three people Friday when their 30-foot boat capsized in the Atlantic off Indian River Inlet.

Girl, man missing in river near Philadelphia
Asbury Park Press Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:31 AM PDT A girl fell off a boat Friday evening into the Delaware River, prompting two men to jump into the water to rescue her and setting off an intense search, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Two Hurt In Boat Crash Near Stonington
Hartford Courant Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:07 AM PDT Two people were hurt this afternoon when their boat apparently crashed into the Watch Hill Reef just off the Rhode Island shoreline near Misquamicut, the Coast Guard reported.

Four people sent to hospital following Hinckley Lake boating accident
WKTV Utica Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:57 AM PDT REMSEN, N.Y. (WKTV) - Two boats collided early Saturday morning on Hinckley Lake and four people were sent to the hospital due to their sustained injuries.

Lanier: One BUI, minor injuries in two boating accidents Fri.
Access North Georgia - Gainesville, GA, USA On Lake Lanier, DNR reported one Boating Under the Influence arrest (BUI) Friday and two boating accidents with one involving minor injuries. ...

Bellport man dies after boat in regatta capsizes
Newsday - Long Island, NY, USA Race officials in motor boats approached the couple. As they helped Virginia Everitt aboard, they saw her husband was unconscious. ...

Sixty-five-year-old NY man dies after boat capsizes during Long ...
By Bureau News NY man dies after boat capsizes during regatta WEST ISLIP, NY — Police say a New York man has died after his boat capsized during a regatta on Long Island's Great South Bay.Breaking News - http://blog.taragana.com/n/