Cigarette Accident in SWFL
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02-20-2008, 12:29 PM
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There's also a Green TG owned locally by the Youngquist family.
Still no word on who this was but I would doubt if KTRON was all the way up here from Marco that late in the day.
Waiting for the real story.
Still no word on who this was but I would doubt if KTRON was all the way up here from Marco that late in the day.
Waiting for the real story.
02-20-2008, 12:33 PM
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Oh man, that really sucks. Really glad that they are OK and prayers go out to the ones still not. This could have happend to any of us at night..........and one more reason not to boat at night.
Hate to imagine what the boat looks like.
Hate to imagine what the boat looks like.
02-20-2008, 12:38 PM
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What a shame....
02-20-2008, 01:34 PM
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I am not bustin chops... but the news story really does not change if the hatch was metal, fiberglass, kevlar, foam, etc.. It was a non issue, at least the people who were on board are safe and well. In a way I find it good that they are talking about a hatch, and not "did they find them yet "
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collect the insurance and buy another one...
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collect the insurance and buy another one...
02-20-2008, 01:37 PM
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This seems a little more accurate.
Five injured in boating accident
Story Highlights
Five boaters hit unlit pole on the water
Had to paddle to shore on boat's engine hood
1 taken to Lee Memorial Hospital
4 others taken to Cape Coral Hospital
Last updated on: 2/20/2008 12:41:32 AM by Patrick Flanary
LEE COUNTY: After a boating accident, five men on a business trip from Fort Wayne, Indiana were ejected and all of them had to paddle to shore on a boat's engine hood from the Monroe Channel.
The boaters ran into a pole out on the water. Emergency workers say they probably hit the pole because it was not lit.
Officials on the scene added the men actually had to paddle for over two hours, while sitting on top of the engine hatch, just to get back to shore.
One of the five men was life-flighted to Lee Memorial Hospital. The other four had non life-threatening injuries and they were taken to Cape Coral Hospital.
The original call came into Coast Guard dispatch at 9:05 p.m. and the accident was reported to be around the area of 2096 Macadamia Lane in St. James City.
The Coast Guard was originally called out to rescue the boaters. But the search and rescue mission was called off once it was known they made it to shore.
But they are still investigating what happened with the help of the Lee County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, Fort Myers Beach and Pine Island Fire departments, and Florida Fish and Wildlife.
It is unknown whether the passengers were wearing life jackets at the time of the accident.
The boat they were in was described as a 2007, 39-foot Top Gun Cigarette Boat.
Five injured in boating accident
Story Highlights
Five boaters hit unlit pole on the water
Had to paddle to shore on boat's engine hood
1 taken to Lee Memorial Hospital
4 others taken to Cape Coral Hospital
Last updated on: 2/20/2008 12:41:32 AM by Patrick Flanary
LEE COUNTY: After a boating accident, five men on a business trip from Fort Wayne, Indiana were ejected and all of them had to paddle to shore on a boat's engine hood from the Monroe Channel.
The boaters ran into a pole out on the water. Emergency workers say they probably hit the pole because it was not lit.
Officials on the scene added the men actually had to paddle for over two hours, while sitting on top of the engine hatch, just to get back to shore.
One of the five men was life-flighted to Lee Memorial Hospital. The other four had non life-threatening injuries and they were taken to Cape Coral Hospital.
The original call came into Coast Guard dispatch at 9:05 p.m. and the accident was reported to be around the area of 2096 Macadamia Lane in St. James City.
The Coast Guard was originally called out to rescue the boaters. But the search and rescue mission was called off once it was known they made it to shore.
But they are still investigating what happened with the help of the Lee County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit, Fort Myers Beach and Pine Island Fire departments, and Florida Fish and Wildlife.
It is unknown whether the passengers were wearing life jackets at the time of the accident.
The boat they were in was described as a 2007, 39-foot Top Gun Cigarette Boat.
02-20-2008, 01:40 PM
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I am not bustin chops... but the news story really does not change if the hatch was metal, fiberglass, kevlar, foam, etc.. It was a non issue, at least the people who were on board are safe and well. In a way I find it good that they are talking about a hatch, and not "did they find them yet "
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collect the insurance and buy another one...
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collect the insurance and buy another one...
I just found it funnythey were standing next to fiberglass calling it metal
good to hear all survived
02-20-2008, 03:17 PM
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Here is the latest from the Ft. Myers News-Press
Appears all are out of the hospital. Glad they are alright.
This article does not mention hitting a pole but rather a turn and roll over.
Names 2 of the 5 occupants. Owner / operator was named as Paul McCullers of Lee County, FL
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs..../80220045/1075
Appears all are out of the hospital. Glad they are alright.
This article does not mention hitting a pole but rather a turn and roll over.
Names 2 of the 5 occupants. Owner / operator was named as Paul McCullers of Lee County, FL
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs..../80220045/1075
Last edited by Bobthebuilder; 02-20-2008 at 03:23 PM.
