The body of a fourth man involved in a Marin County boating accident was recovered on July 16, 2010. According to Flight Technical Officer, the Sonoma County Sherriff’s helicopter received a call around 2:01 p.m. that a body was found near 10 Mile Beach close to Point Reyes. A 3-person recovery team passed the recovered body to the rangers where the Point Reyes National Seashore took the custody.
Matthew P. Fortin of Rhode Island has been charged with drunken driving of a boat when his speeding boat caused the death of two women. It appears that, under the influence of alcohol, Fortin was negligent and hit another boat that was carrying these two women. He has been charged with five felony counts related to the boating accident. However, no criminal charge or monetary compensation could ever make up for the harm caused by Fortin’s carelessness.
A man, between 60 to 65 years old, was killed in Millerton Lake on May 26, 2010 when his boat crashed into a rocky shoreline on the Madera side of the lake. This boating accident occurred at Gold Bay at around 1:45 p.m. A resident of the Hidden Lake Estates called 911 and reported an unconscious man bleeding profusely by his wrecked boat.
Luke Nelson, 5-years old, of Riverside County died in a boating accident on May 23, 2010, around 2:41p.m. in Lake Elsinore close to Crane Lakeside Recreational Vehicle Park when the watercraft he was riding in was overturned due to windy waters.
With over five fatal boating accidents reported in March 2010 in the state of New Jersey, New Jersey State Police has come up with safety tips for boaters and are offering classes to boaters. The boat accidents have majorly occurred because of low water temperatures leading to hypothermia and drowning.
An 8-year-old boy was killed and 6 other people injured in a San Diego boat accident in the San Diego Bay when a US Coast Guard patrol boat crashed against a recreational boat just before 6 p.m. All the victims were taken to UCSD Medical Center.