Essex502
07-07-2003, 06:56 AM
Sad but true:
Man dies in fall from boat
By Matt Bunk
A 21-year-old California man died Saturday after falling out onto the roadway from a boat in tow.
Blair William McCartney of Santee, Calif., had been boating with friends on Lake Havasu and was asleep in the boat when it was retrieved from the launch ramp at Lake Havasu State Park, Windsor Beach, according to a city official.
McCartney may have tried to exit the boat while it was being towed, said city spokesman Charlie Cassens.
Alcohol appears to be a factor, Cassens said.
“The information that I got from the police department was that - although we haven’t got the results yet from a blood-alcohol analysis - this guy was passed out in the passenger compartment of a small cabin cruiser-type boat,” Cassens said.
The accident occurred in the 1300 block of Lake Havasu Avenue. Witnesses told police that McCartney was the only person in the boat at the time.
“They looked back in their rearview mirrors and saw him step out of the boat,” Cassens said.
McCartney was pronounced dead just after 6 p.m. upon arrival at Havasu Regional Medical Center.
Man dies in fall from boat
By Matt Bunk
A 21-year-old California man died Saturday after falling out onto the roadway from a boat in tow.
Blair William McCartney of Santee, Calif., had been boating with friends on Lake Havasu and was asleep in the boat when it was retrieved from the launch ramp at Lake Havasu State Park, Windsor Beach, according to a city official.
McCartney may have tried to exit the boat while it was being towed, said city spokesman Charlie Cassens.
Alcohol appears to be a factor, Cassens said.
“The information that I got from the police department was that - although we haven’t got the results yet from a blood-alcohol analysis - this guy was passed out in the passenger compartment of a small cabin cruiser-type boat,” Cassens said.
The accident occurred in the 1300 block of Lake Havasu Avenue. Witnesses told police that McCartney was the only person in the boat at the time.
“They looked back in their rearview mirrors and saw him step out of the boat,” Cassens said.
McCartney was pronounced dead just after 6 p.m. upon arrival at Havasu Regional Medical Center.