Boating tragedy in Middle River today

[stevieray]

See following news link - we just got in from our Capt. Morgan sunset cruise a few minutes ago. By some dumb chance, we decided to venture into Frog Mortar Creek & anchor right outside the Parkside Marina (lots of wildlife to watch on the wooded boundary of Martin State Airport).

We noticed the police activity on the dock & the TV news remote truck antennas. Sadly, we were there at the time they carted away the 3 bodies.

Yesterday & today were the 2 hottest days of the season thus far, so we can only assume they were running a generator to keep the AC on. Obviously, NEVER do this in an enclosed cabin.

http://wjz.com/local/local_story_169152512.html

 

[Vlad D Impeller]

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[Bob_VT]

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poor judgement

 

[Reel Poor]

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Needless tradgedy

 

[RubberFrog]

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Sorry you had to be there for that.

 

[RubberFrog]

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"Fire officials believe the three friends spent Sunday night on the brand new 30-foot cabin cruiser and are looking into whether the generator caused the carbon monoxide leak."

"The hatches were closed, the cabin was pretty well sealed up. That's always a problem if you have a leak because it means there's no fresh air that can get in to ventilate,"

"The boat did not have a carbon monoxide detector onboard. "

I wonder if nobody explained this to them?

 

[ziggy]

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"The boat did not have a carbon monoxide detector onboard. "

I wonder if nobody explained this to them?

don't look like it......vary sad indeed.......a boater safty class would have put them on to the facts i think......