Released Sep 02, 2023 – Last upgraded 1 day ago – 2 minute read
A 64-year-old individual is dead following a marine occurrence on the St. Lawrence River near Brockville on Saturday early morning.
Leeds County detachment OPP officers reacted to a call, simply after 8 a.m., that a boat had actually turned in the water near Butternut Bay.
2 individuals remained in the boat. Someone from the Leeds and the Thousand Islands Township was noticable dead at the scene, cops stated in a press release, with the 2nd individual required to medical facility. There was no info offered on their condition.
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While cops were launching couple of information about the matter, one boat captain who saw the disaster explained seeing a twin-hulled vessel struck a wave and turn.
Dan Grant, captain of the dive boat Emily C, stated he was on that vessel directing to Rockport quickly after 8 a.m. when he saw a twin-hulled boat speed by, from west to east, then turn and head back westward.
“The point of the starboard sponson went into a wave,” stated Grant, including the vessel “cartwheeled” as an outcome.
A close-by fishing boat pulled 2 individuals out of the water, stated Grant, and was powering back to coast in Brockville with the victims on board when the Emily C reached the scene, he included.
Grant, who remained in radio contact with the Coast Guard, took the dive boat to the scene of the event to look for other individuals in the river.
“The hull was upside-down,” stated Grant. “Floating in the water was among the seats.
“When a boat cartwheels like that, it’s quite unpleasant,” stated Grant.
The Emily C needed to delegate get a dive charter, however a Coast Guard vessel neighbored on its method, stated Grant.
John Hargraft, a local who saw the disaster unfold from his house, stated it began as a common early morning, with boats driving previous, although it was “a bit gusty” on the water.
“About a kilometre upriver from me, I simply looked and saw a huge splash, and essentially saw the boat flip,” stated Hargraft. “It turned up and sort of did a backwards flip, so the bow discussed the stern.”
“This is a catastrophe,” he stated. “This was simply individuals heading out and having a good time on the river and in an immediate