Man Drowns Test Driving A Boat
Today in the American Lake a 63 year old man drowned after a boat he was testing capsized. His brother, 65 was with him screaming frantically for help.
The victim did not have a life vest like his brother, with only a floater to hold him the victim tried to swim to shore some 200 yards away. He didn’t make it, at 75 yards from the boat he disappear into the water.
Crews rushed to rescue the victim, but after 45 minutes, crews had conceded that the mission was to recover his body.
“The boat is about ¾ under the water and is floating bow up in the lake,” said Lakewood PD Spokesman. “WPFR and LPD are working on locating and recovering the victim’s body. LPD detectives are handling the death investigation with assistance from the LPD Marine Services Unit. Plans are being made to tow the boat to shore for an inspection related to the investigation.”
Whether on a boat, jet-ski, wave runner or other personal watercraft, boating accidents happen daily on California waterways and innocent victims suffer serious bodily injury including wrongful death.
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