1 dead, 2 missing following boat accident in Old Saybrook

Published: Sep 03, 2024 Duration: 00:02:33 Category: News & Politics

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BOAT REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION. TONIGHT DEEP OFFICIALS TELLS NEWS 8 THE STRONG CURRENTS AND CHANGING TIDES HAVE MADE SEARCH EFFORTS DIFFICULT. ASIDE FROM SEARCH TEAMS- ONE HARBOR MASTER SAYS BOATING IN THAT AREA HAS OBSTACLES ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. NEWS 8'S BRITTANY SCHAEFER HAS THE LATEST DETAILS. LL INTRO: WESTBROOK'S HARBOR MASTER TELLS US THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS WHEN IT COMES TO BOATING SAFELY IS WEARING A LIFE JACKET, SPEED AND DRIVING SOBER. TONIGHT WE'VE LEARNED DEEP OFFICIALS BELIEVE NONE OF THE NINE PEOPLE ON THE BOAT WERE WEARING LIFE JACKETS. NATS AS CREWS SUSPEND THEIR SEARCH AT SUNDOWN- OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT THE DANGERS OF BOATING IN THE DARK- FOLLOWING A DEADLY CRASH THAT HAPPENED AFTER 9PM MONDAY. SOT Captain Keith Williams, CT Conservation Police: "It was dark that plays a factor, you're bearings get a little off." SOT Charlie McSorley, Harbor Master Westbrook: 16:32 "See the channel markers on each side. At night, there's no lights out there." 16:54 "Driving at night is very difficult on a boat unless you know the waters you're in." DEEP OFFICIALS SAY THE 31-FOOT MOTORBOAT WITH NINE PEOPLE ON BOARD CRASHED INTO A BREAKWALL. CAPTAIN KEITH WILLIAMS SAYS THERE IS A NO WAKE ZONE BETWEEN THE TWO BREAKWALLS AND THE BUOYS MARKING THEM HAVE LIGHTS- THOUGH TONIGHT THE ONLY LIGHTS WE COULD SEE FROM THE MARINA WERE COMING FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE. SOT Keith: "There's lights on the entrance buoy coming into the channel, there should be a light on the outside of it. The lighthouse is lit but they aren't official light houses, but they are marked." WESTBROOK HARBOR MASTER CHARLIE MCSORLEY SAYS A BREAKWALL IS A LARGE CONCRETE STRUCTURE IN THE OCEAN THAT PROTECTS A COAST FROM WAVES, STORM SURGES AND MINIMIZES DEBRIS. HE TELLS US IT'S A NO WAKE ZONE AND BOATERS NEED TO TAKE IT SLOW. SOT Charlie: 18:13 "80 percent of the boat's don't pay attention to it." DEEP SAYS SPEED WAS LIKELY A FACTOR BASED ON THE BOAT'S DAMAGE AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR ANYONE WAS WEARING A LIFE JACKET- SOMETHING MCSORLEY ADVISES EVERYONE TO WEAR ANYTIME THEY ARE ON THE WATER. SOT Charlie: 12:18 "Life jackets are great when they are worn. Life jackets under the seat or in the hull of a boat don't do you much good when you need it. If you have time to put it on great but more often than not in an accident you won't have time to put on a life jacket." LL TAG: AGAIN THE SEARCH HAS BEEN SUSPENDED TONIGHT AND WILL RESUME TOMORROW MORNING AT 8PM. DEEP SAYS THEY SPOKE TO DOZENS OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS AND TOLD THEM TO KEEP HOPE THAT THEY ARE FOUND SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. IN OLD SAYBROOK I'M BRITTANY

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