Boat Crash Kills Two, Injures 3

Boat accident kills two injures three - FOX10 News | WALA

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Boat accident kills two injures three

Posted: Jun 19, 2016 1:06 PM CDT Updated: Jun 19, 2016 1:06 PM CDT
By Kellie Jones, FOX10

MOBILE, AL (WALA) -
Alabama State Troopers are heading an investigation into a boating crash that killed two people and injured three others.

Trooper Jamie Maloy, of the ALEA Public Information and Education Unit, said 32 year-old vessel operator Robert Lance Criswell of Jackson, Alabama and passenger 28 year-old Samuel Jacob Hawk of Thomasville were killed when the 2007 Sea Hunt 220 they were aboard struck a pier entering Oyster Bay Saturday night.
Officials say the accident happened at 9:15 p.m. along the Inter Coastal Waterway Saturday.
http://i.jsrdn.com/i/1.gif?r=mn29&k=...QlhCTEzNjIJbwk"No PFDs were in use at the time of the crash," said Maloy. "Preliminary investigation indicates alcohol may have been a factor in the crash."
Three other passengers were taken to local hospitals for treatment. Alabama State Troopers and ALEA's Marine Patrol Division continue to investigate the accident.



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Google view of site of accident @ https://www.google.com/maps/@30.2795.../data=!3m1!1e3

Heck of a thing to happen on Fathers day. Heard from my son in north Africa this morning. He doesn't like it and I didn't either

Sad.

Alcohol... Go figure, it just seems to be involved way too much.

Ban Alcohol! If it can save just one life/child.
Oh wait, we already tried that, and it led to many years of violence, wasted taxpayer money & man power.

Can't cure stupid. It's Ok to enjoy a beer but to the point of endangering others on the water or highway.

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Originally Posted by coach

Can't cure stupid. It's Ok to enjoy a beer but not to the point of endangering others on the water or highway.

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Fixed it for ya... Agree.

You can get drunk just as fast on water as you can on land.

Time flies like a sharp arrow.
Fruit flies like a ripe banana.

I wonder how many deaths from alcohol are attributable more to the failure to use life-jackets (or seat belts in cars) that adds the final coffin nail to an otherwise survivable crash?

Unconscious on the ground is unconscious.
Unconscious in the water without a good* PFD is dead.

* A good PFD rolls an unconscious person face up in the water.
Not all PFDs are good PFDs.