odie241
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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- May 17, 2010
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Its boating season again,please everyone use your head and be safe out there this year.If not for yourself,watch out for others that arent being responsible.
http://www.kwqc.com/story/18561819/...ill-missing-after-burlington-boating-accident
Crews searched Saturday for four people missing after an overnight boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa, although one official said it was mostly a recovery effort.
Iowa Department of Natural Resources spokesman Kevin Baskins said the timing of the collision, about 1:45 a.m. Saturday, made it difficult for rescuers to find people in the water. So, he said, the effort is "leaning more toward recovery" than rescue.
"Officers in boats, at this point, looking for anything we can find," Baskins said, describing the search.
Two jon boats ?flat-bottomed boats often made of aluminum ? crashed in the O'Connell Slough area of the river, near Burlington, according to the department. One of the boats was carrying 11 people; the other had a single passenger.
Baskins said eight people pulled from the water have been hospitalized. At least one person suffered serious injuries and was flown to an Iowa City hospital, he said. The others were taken to a Burlington hospital.
The names of the missing and injured people have not been released, pending notification of their families.
It's not clear how the crash happened. Baskins said it could take weeks to interview all the victims, collect evidence and reconstruct the crash.
"You don't have skid marks and stuff in boating accidents," he said.
- from the Washington Post
Earlier update: KGAN is reporting the collision happened in the O'Connell Slough area of the Mississippi River near Burlington.
BURLINGTON, IA - Rescuers are searching the Mississippi River after an early-morning collision between two boats. The Burlington Hawkeye reports one boat had eleven people on board while the other contained a single occupant. Four passengers have been reported missing, while eight were injured. Several have been hospitalized. Names have still not been released.
The Hawkeye reports that Des Moines County Sheriff's deputies, Burlington Police officers and operatives from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources responded at 1:43 this morning to 123 O'Connell Beach Road where it was reported two boats had collided.
http://www.kwqc.com/story/18561819/...ill-missing-after-burlington-boating-accident
Crews searched Saturday for four people missing after an overnight boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa, although one official said it was mostly a recovery effort.
Iowa Department of Natural Resources spokesman Kevin Baskins said the timing of the collision, about 1:45 a.m. Saturday, made it difficult for rescuers to find people in the water. So, he said, the effort is "leaning more toward recovery" than rescue.
"Officers in boats, at this point, looking for anything we can find," Baskins said, describing the search.
Two jon boats ?flat-bottomed boats often made of aluminum ? crashed in the O'Connell Slough area of the river, near Burlington, according to the department. One of the boats was carrying 11 people; the other had a single passenger.
Baskins said eight people pulled from the water have been hospitalized. At least one person suffered serious injuries and was flown to an Iowa City hospital, he said. The others were taken to a Burlington hospital.
The names of the missing and injured people have not been released, pending notification of their families.
It's not clear how the crash happened. Baskins said it could take weeks to interview all the victims, collect evidence and reconstruct the crash.
"You don't have skid marks and stuff in boating accidents," he said.
- from the Washington Post
Earlier update: KGAN is reporting the collision happened in the O'Connell Slough area of the Mississippi River near Burlington.
BURLINGTON, IA - Rescuers are searching the Mississippi River after an early-morning collision between two boats. The Burlington Hawkeye reports one boat had eleven people on board while the other contained a single occupant. Four passengers have been reported missing, while eight were injured. Several have been hospitalized. Names have still not been released.
The Hawkeye reports that Des Moines County Sheriff's deputies, Burlington Police officers and operatives from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources responded at 1:43 this morning to 123 O'Connell Beach Road where it was reported two boats had collided.
