m-day follies

[hazmat5760]

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12-Year-Old Killed in Boating Accident on Coralville Lake
By Aaron Hepker

Story Created: May 30, 2010 at 9:37 PM CDT

Story Updated: May 31, 2010 at 2:31 PM CDT

JOHNSON COUNTY - Authorities spent Sunday evening on the scene of a fatal boating accident on Coralville Lake.

Officials say Sarah Nicole (Nikki) Perkins, 12, of Fairfield, was hit by an oncoming boat after falling off a tube being towed by another boat. The incident happened 150 yards north of Mehaffey Bridge at about 7 p.m. Sunday evening.

 

[Home Cookin']

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How terrible.
To take something away form it, though, reading between the lines: 150 yards is too close to a bridge. Both yours and other boats' drivers need to be addressing that obstacle; visibility is impaired.
Also at 7:00 pm due to glare, visibility above and on the surface of the water is impaired if you are going into the sun (or just turning, such as away from a bridge).
Even sober boaters are fatigued by 7:00 p.m. Sunday.

 

[Dkrager]

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I also saw a 16' ski boat loaded down with like 12 people on it. Just hitting the water at 10:00 PM (We were heading in) CRAZY!!! I think the limit on something like that is 6 people.

 

[90sunbird]

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thay will be sorry when thay sink andi to dark to see

 

[90sunbird]

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Wow, same thing here. After some good running, I decided to raise the engine hatch at a safe/slow point to make sure nothing was leaking/spraying or lingering in the bilge. Before I could register a look at my outdrive reservoir, the first guy going by asked if everything was okay.

All was good and I was on my way.

you are a dying breed i was tryin to wave to people and 50% waved back

 

[90sunbird]

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thanks for all the replies everyone!!! overall it seemed like everyone had a good time

 

[Philster]

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Waverunner death, but in a rather unusual way. A lesson for ALL of us:

http://www.sltrib.com/D=g/ci_15051042

And more PWC death and injury stories from the weekend. Ugh:

http://www.whotv.com/news/who-story-watercraft-explosion-060110,0,186457.story


http://lewisvilleblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/06/3-dead-1-missing-in-area-lake.html

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://...IoATAB&usg=AFQjCNFTTK8E8JJR_22r5hBEaeZ_12FOWQ

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://...IoAzAB&usg=AFQjCNGW3ofcpfACeEWYOoPjQ3YJCiN-zQ

http://www.google.com/url?q=http://...IoATAD&usg=AFQjCNG7DrzZ3QnsyWrORo8hbWe3KRWgSQ

 

[H20Rat]

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and just to make sure all types of boats are represented...

http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/2682 (25 ft chap ran over an 18 footer)
http://www.action3news.com/Global/story.asp?S=12575504y (175 outboard, no craft type mentioned)
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20100601/NEWS/6010342/Boaters-deaths-probed (two boats ran into each other)


stupidity doesn't have any preference for vehicles... Interestingly enough, if you type in memorial day boating accidents into google, most of the top hits are NOT pwc's. Even fishing can be dangerous, one of the top articles is about an older gentleman that fell overboard while fishing. Still searching for him. There shouldn't be a single fisherman on the water that doesn't have a self-inflating life jacket.

http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=memorial+day+boating+accidents


Memorial day is ALWAYS bad, no matter what you drive. Lots of new boaters, lots of alcohol, and not much patience.

 

[Thajeffski]

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wow people are so freakin dumb sometimes.

I didn't see anything that crazy up here.