Reply With QuoteNot a good start to the weekend.....
Looks non-boat related though:
WEB EXTRA: Two killed in accident on Island
Saturday, May 27, 2006 6:30 PM MDT
Two local residents died and a third person was injuried Saturday afternoon following a three-vehicle accident on Beachcomber Boulevard just east of Site 6.
A 48-year-old man was declared dead at the scene of the accident that happened just east of Site 6. A female, who was a passenger in the vehicle he was driving, died later at Havasu Regional Medical Center. Their names were not being released pending notification of next of kin. Thomas Pedro McColgan III, 20, of Las Vegas, the driver of one of the other vehicles, also was taken to the hospital. The extent of his injuries were not available.
More details in Sunday's print edition of Today's News-Herald
Not a good start to the weekend.....
Looks non-boat related though:
WEB EXTRA: Two killed in accident on Island
Saturday, May 27, 2006 6:30 PM MDT
Two local residents died and a third person was injuried Saturday afternoon following a three-vehicle accident on Beachcomber Boulevard just east of Site 6.
A 48-year-old man was declared dead at the scene of the accident that happened just east of Site 6. A female, who was a passenger in the vehicle he was driving, died later at Havasu Regional Medical Center. Their names were not being released pending notification of next of kin. Thomas Pedro McColgan III, 20, of Las Vegas, the driver of one of the other vehicles, also was taken to the hospital. The extent of his injuries were not available.
More details in Sunday's print edition of Today's News-Herald
That's really sad and surprising...the road over there is not exactly a high speed highway, you wouldn't expect that kind of fatal accident.
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thats a strange one.. with all the holiday traffic and the road isn't a high speed one. in fact last time i was there it lots of construction going on.
very sad to see! I can ALMOST bet it was in front of the Islander. They are doing road work, and the road is half gone going west, it makes you drive over the yellow lines directly into on coming traffic. freaked me out a bit last week. Our best goes out to the families involved.
I was thinking the same thing when we were there a few weeks back.
very sad to see! I can ALMOST bet it was in front of the Islander. They are doing road work, and the road is half gone going west, it makes you drive over the yellow lines directly into on coming traffic. freaked me out a bit last week. Our best goes out to the families involved.
Sad to hear....
Just got off of the lake and it was f'ing busy!!!! And nothing but F ups in the channel. There was another accident on the mainland side of London Bridge that had traffic backed up FOREVER!! What a Gaggle F&CK!!
"In A Hurry" Crash Kills Two
LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ - A three-vehicle accident that started as a head-on collision south of Lake Havasu has claimed the life of Dean Simpkins of Lake Havasu City and his female passenger this afternoon around 12:40pm. Simpkins died at the scene while his unidentified passenger died later from her injuries at Havasu Regional Medical Center.
Lake Havasu City Police officer Gene Radecki told TSN that the accident occurred on Beachcomber Boulevard, a mile west of the Crazy Horse campground on the way to Site 6. Radecki said Simpkins, driver of a 92 Ford Explorer was traveling west bound and attempted to pass a line of cars on a curve. In doing so, he collided semi head-on, passenger side to passenger side with a 2000 Ford F-150 pickup driven by Thomas McLaughlin, III of Nevada. McLaughlins vehicle rolled onto its side and came to rest on the shoulder.
Meanwhile, a third vehicle became involved in the accident when the victims Explorer was struck by a 2001 Ford Expedition head-on. The Expedition was carrying five passengers, but Radecki said nobody was injured and it was a relatively minor collision.
Waverunner Fatality
LAKE MOHAVE, AZ Tragedy struck the start of the Memorial Day holiday weekend when a woman died at Princess Cove yesterday afternoon while operating a personal watercraft in dangerous weather conditions.
The National Park Service reports that a 32-year-old woman identified as Laura Ventura of Los Angeles, California, died while operating a waverunner with two people onboard. The NPS Dispatch Center reports an emergency call came in just after 4:00pm saying that a woman needed immediate medical attention and was in the water struggling with the wind and high waves.
Two NPS Rangers and two paramedics from Rescue Unit 31 arrived at Princess Cove at around 4:18pm, about 4 miles north of Katherine Landing. The rangers attempted to revive the victim with CPR for over 10 minutes; the exact cause of death is unknown.
The two surviving passengers told park rangers they had been in the water with Ventura for 30-minutes to an hour, but none of the three people were able to get back on the personal watercraft. The park service also reports a lake wind advisory was in effect, with sustained winds of 20-30 mph and gusts up to 40 mph at the time of the accident.
The case is still under investigation by the Mohave County Coroner.
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