Star0210
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- May 7, 2016
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- 906
- Location
- US
- Vessel Name
- Sea Star
- Vessel Make
- 2004 Cruisers Yachts 50SS
Friday night we were at the marina and several of us were sitting under our tree just hanging out when we heard a loud noise followed by a lot of screaming. We knew something bad had happened. We all jumped up and ran to the end of the pier but we couldn't see anything from there. One of the men and hubby were getting into the dingy to go see and another neighbor came running up who is a nurse and so hubby told her to go instead. He went to our dingy but couldn't get the motor to go into gear. So we jumped in the truck and drove around to the other side. We put our bright lights on and jumped out of the truck.
The area is front of the marina is a no wake zone and there was a little flat boat that was idling along when a 21 ft wake boarding boat came up behind them at full speed and crashed into them. The wakeboarding boat sunk and all the people on board...we think 5...were in the water. Our neighbor's in the dingy got all 5 and helped them board a party barge that had also heared the crash. He lives on the river and keeps his par barge docked up alongside his big boat so he was able to jump on board quick and get out there.
The flat boat was still floating but it was badly damaged. There was a little girl maybe 4 or 5 on the boat and my heart just stopped when I saw her. She was terrified. They were traveling with another flat boat who towed them to the dock. The mother of the little girl was complaining of her neck and back hurting. They pulled the little girl off the boat first so I went and talked with her while they get her mom off the boat. By this time police started arriving and a fire truck and ambulance.
The party barge pulled up alongside and the 5 people from the sunk boat got off. There was some tense moments as the father of the child and husband of the woman was very angry and screaming that those people had tried to kill his family. I was very glad all the law enforcement was arriving. They took the mom and the little girl to the hospital in the ambulance...the little girl seemed fine but the mom wanted her to get checked out.
It's an absolute miracle that no one was killed or seriously injured.
We took our boat out today and I snapped this picture of the sunk boat. It's still there.
The area is front of the marina is a no wake zone and there was a little flat boat that was idling along when a 21 ft wake boarding boat came up behind them at full speed and crashed into them. The wakeboarding boat sunk and all the people on board...we think 5...were in the water. Our neighbor's in the dingy got all 5 and helped them board a party barge that had also heared the crash. He lives on the river and keeps his par barge docked up alongside his big boat so he was able to jump on board quick and get out there.
The flat boat was still floating but it was badly damaged. There was a little girl maybe 4 or 5 on the boat and my heart just stopped when I saw her. She was terrified. They were traveling with another flat boat who towed them to the dock. The mother of the little girl was complaining of her neck and back hurting. They pulled the little girl off the boat first so I went and talked with her while they get her mom off the boat. By this time police started arriving and a fire truck and ambulance.
The party barge pulled up alongside and the 5 people from the sunk boat got off. There was some tense moments as the father of the child and husband of the woman was very angry and screaming that those people had tried to kill his family. I was very glad all the law enforcement was arriving. They took the mom and the little girl to the hospital in the ambulance...the little girl seemed fine but the mom wanted her to get checked out.
It's an absolute miracle that no one was killed or seriously injured.
We took our boat out today and I snapped this picture of the sunk boat. It's still there.