Condolences to the family
 

Condolences to the family. I live in PT and the helicopters flew in at 3:00am and air lifted people to emergency. The whole neighberhood was in the street at 3am. A lot of people came out. Emergency vehicles everywhere.

How anyone could have driven away is mind boggling.

Just On Channels 5,9 And 11 News. He Turned Himself In Through His Attorney

Once again.... a bunch of people blasting another driver, despite having no clue as to what really happened. This guy could have turned around and not seen any other boats. His passenger could have been seriously injured and he rushed her to the hospital. He could of been knocked out during the wreck and the boat speed off on its own power.

A big formula cruiser did the same thing not too long ago, the only difference is he radio'd in after the wreck.

Its an accident..........involving two boats.........and in my book that means two drivers were at fault. Very bad situation, but don't hang the driver when you don't have any facts.

Facts are he crashed into a 17' Boston Whaler - no matter who's fault it was he didn't stop.

What the f****ing part of the story don't you get?

Tex,

I don't think that is the problem here. You stated that the Imperial had the right of way, because the Whaler got hit on the starboard side. What if the Whaler wasn't moving? No right-of-way is granted. Even if the Whaler was moving, and the Imperial had the right of way, it doesn't absolve the Imperial of the other regulation that supercedes all others, avoiding a collision, even if the Imperial has to completely change course 180 degrees.

Michael

Michael

[QUOTE=TexomaPowerboater;2644580]Once again.... a bunch of people blasting another driver, despite having no clue as to what really happened. This guy could have turned around and not seen any other boats. His passenger could have been seriously injured and he rushed her to the hospital. He could of been knocked out during the wreck and the boat speed off on its own power.

A big formula cruiser did the same thing not too long ago, the only difference is he radio'd in after the wreck.

Its an accident..........involving two boats.........and in my book that means two drivers were at fault. Very bad situation, but don't hang the driver when you don't have any facts.[/QOTE]

I have to clue in. Yes it was an accident up until the point of him running, I have inside information about the accident and the piece of **** should hang period. This family in the Whaler is going though hell, the poor guy that was driving got hit so hard his head was off his body from shoulders up. The 27 ft boat went airborn though the side over the console slammed the guy head on went back in the water shut his lights and ran like a bat out of hell, hid his boat until he sobered up then called his Lawyer and left 5 people on a boat to die. This is no accident when someone can be that cold hearted. Drunk or not I would have been in the water helping, Oh wait I don't operate my boat drunk, I care to much about my life and other people to be that dum. My Prayers to the family that are suffering and a big thank you to the ass hole that just made us
responsible Performance boaters look like the bad guys again. Thats all I heard today about fast boat people are hooligans are quitos with gold chains that don't give a **** about anyone else.

Now The Report Stated The Boat Went Over The Whaler So Who Was In The Wrong It Took Out The Center Console They Said

My condolences to the family and friends.

Progress in fatal boat crash investigation
 

Here is a copy of the Press Release I receieved from the State Police:



Brick Township, Ocean County, NJ - A second boat possibly involved in the Sunday morning fatal boating crash in the Metedeconk River has been impounded by the New Jersey State Police. After receiving information about a damaged boat, State Police detectives examined the vessel at a Brick Township residence and impounded the 27-foot Imperial speedboat, transporting it to an inside garage at the State Police Point Pleasant marine station.


A collision between an unknown vessel and a 17-foot Boston Whaler resulted in the death of one man and injuries to four others. Finding damage on the Imperial consistent with the crash, State Police detectives executed a search warrant on the speedboat this morning in an attempt to collect definitive evidence to conclude whether this is the other involved vessel. The owner is a 29-year old man with a home in Brick Township who has not yet met with investigators.


The State Police Fatal Accident unit continues to piece together the evidence to produce a picture of circumstances surrounding the crash. It is not yet known if both vessels were using the proper night time running lights.


The State Police Major Crimes Unit, Troop "C" Criminal Investigations Office, Point Pleasant Station personel, and the Ocean County Prosecutor's office are working cooperatively on this case. At the conclusion of the investigation, prosecutor's office will be given the completed reports and will decide whether charges are appropriate.

The crash occurred at approximately 1:14 a.m. Sunday, in the mouth of the Metedeconk River, Brick Township, Ocean County. The Whaler, with five persons onboard, was run over by the much larger speedboat. The boat owner, Robert Post, 49 of Essex Fells, died on impactof a head wound. The four other occupants were all injured and taken to Jersey Shore medical Center in Neptune. They are Bonnie Post, 52, of Essex Fells, Cliff Faren, 45 of St Daivds, PA, Joan Farren, 46 of St David, PA, and Karen Kelly of norcross, Georgia.



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My prayers go out to the families..... :(

how can the name of the hit and run driver be a secret .... this guy turned himself in on sunday , i was told, please somebody explain the true meaning of this secrecy, and i do NOT believe its politics????????????

Anthony Digilio, 29, of Brick.

Well it's pretty easy to figure out who is going to vote for Obama in this thread........... Some people just seem to want to defend the indefensible.

If the driver of the Imperial was 10, maybe you could chalk it up to youthful panic.......but he was /is 29.

If he was drunk , he would be facing serious time....... probably about the same as the manslaughter charge he will surely face now........... IF....they can prove he was actually in the boat. (female passenger/eyewitness???).

This is some mess....and God Bless the family in the Whaler....who are going through a kind of Hell that most of us cannot imagine. I pray that they get closure and that the individual(s) responsible does serious time.

Maybe something good will come out of this....but I cannot imagine what...?

T2x

Another very sad boating story, no matter who was at fault in this boating accident someone lost their life, other's were injured and families have been devastated. Can't understand how the boater didn't know he had hit someone or something, command sense would dictate that you would stop and see what you had just hit. Condolences and Prayers to the family of the deceased boater and for those who were injured and involved.

Another tragic, senseless, and totally preventable tragedy.
My prayers go to the family and friends of those hurt and killed.
How many times must we go through this before people start taking the responsibility that our type of boats command?

night = slow speed
bad weather = slow speed
traffic = slow speed
tight channel = slow speed
drunk = no boating

There are plenty of areas and time to open it up safely and enjoy the performance of the boat. We are not 16 year olds who "borrowed" the keys to dad's Corvette anymore.

some of the comments on this thread are really really turing my stomach...i met anthing a few times and have a few friends that know him well...i would never have imagened him to do something like this...reguardless of how or why he did what he did...HE HAS TO PAY THE PIPER !!! THE END

I agree. I have spoken with Anthony several times in F-Cove. He appears/appeared to be someone who had his act together.

That being said, everyone makes stupid mistakes and decisions in life and it is how you deal with the consequences of same that show the real measure of a person. So far, not so good!

When the police are having an active, public search for an individual and are saying that he's wanted for a hit-and-run involving a fatality, I'd say there are at least a few discernable facts.

Plus, I don't think it's much of a stretch to assume that the driver knew he hit something- hard.



It seems like you take enjoyment positioning yourself on the opposite side of a clear issue, time and time again. You even attempt to explain the logic behind your reasoning and your positions, but rarely does it make any sense.

Ah yes, Sunkin.......I forgot.....you know everyfkthink in the universe. I don't think its much of a stretch to say that the whaler could have been just as much at fault as the IMP, fact is the starboard side was hit. You guys imply that the driver was drunk. Its a shock to me that no one has implyed the same of the whaler...... who goes out for a "leisurely drive" at 1:00 am. I don't know about you, but if I'm on a body of water at 1:00am, I hear that boat coming from a mile a way.......

DaveP - facts are there aren't any facts yet and the whaler could just have easily hit the IMP. I guess because the guy fled the scene that automatically proves guilt, despite the fact that maritime law states that you always get you and crew to safety first, and to avoid them looking for more people in the water.http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...cident+formula Does that make any sense Sunkin?

Is he a member here?

i dont believe he is

I don't defend the guy one bit and he'll have to pay...

I venture to guess that a fraction, if not zero, of us have committed vehicular manslaughter. So who the heck knows how any one of us would react when put in that situation.... After all, most of you supported Troutley..... Situations like these can make the most stand-up person do strange things, it's fight or flight reaction...unfortunately it looks like he choose the latter. :(

The logic of your response makes me think of other questions that I am sure you might want to investigate:

1. Was John Kennedy armed in Dallas and did he fire first?

2. Was there a CIA submarine patrolling the waters off Chappaquidick when his brother Ted did his famous Oldsmobile swan dive?

3. Did the World Trade Center hold "secrets" that the "Republicans" needed to have covered up?

4. Did O.J Simpson's wife kill a restaurant delivery boy and then turn the knife on herself?

5. Is the World Oil price controlled by a Slot Machine in Cheney's office?

6. Did "Big Pussee" shoot himself (9 times) and then jump overboard?

7. Is there life on Uranus?

8. Is there sex after marriage?

9. What's the difference between a strawberry?

I could go on but I am sure my computer is being monitored by the Gestapo in Argentina........:eek::eek:

T2x

1. Was John Kennedy armed in Dallas and did he fire first?
Yes, sirhan sirhan was on his way to work when John took a pot shot at him.

Texoma
The big difference between this accident and the formula accident is that the formula had a 10 foot hole in the side and when they got to the dock it sank so he was in immediate danger he aslo called for help.

That being said I do not think driving your boat to a slip parking it and driving home then turning yourself in two days later is hardly a comparison.

I could see that maybe he thought his boat was sinking or maybe him or his passenger was injured but I do not think it took him 2 days or more to figure out that his boat was not sinking and the injuries where not life threatening.

Unless he was hiding something he would have called authorities when he got to the dock.

I think defending him on the grounds we do not know the facts is BS we know the fact he left the scene and did not report the accident and only turned himself in when thought he would be found.

and who doesnt have a cell phone or a VHF in there boat with them these days

In this case it's more like guilty until proven innocent but there's no sense in standing on the soap box.....

dude ya know what the problem is...i knew him and im disgusted by the whole thing...thinking i needa just back off a bit

[QUOTE=Shanghied Again;2644650]That's what's happened all around the country Frank unfortunately. If it gets any worse, much of the boating lifestyle will be lost forever to idiots, or worse, people that have these accidents sober.

Maybe it will turn out this is nothing like what most assume, but I doubt it. Same old MO.

It's really not necessary to acknowledge my vast intellectual advantage over you- it's readily apparent.

For some unknown reason, the operator of the Formula didn't need to surrender to the authorities via his attorney's assistance several days later.

my thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends. hope all is taken care of as need be. Was talking to a few people today about hitting something while boating and everyone said they would obviously stop , still boggles my mind how you wouldnt stop to attempt to see what you hit. I know if i was doin 20 or 60 mph and heard a bang id be like WTF.

http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs...TES01/80805008

The man authorities believe could have been at the helm of the speedboat when it collided with a 17-foot Boston Whaler on the Metedeconk River about 1 a.m. Sunday met with an attorney Monday to help them with their case. One man was killed and four were injured in the accident.


“I don’t know that it was his boat that hit the Whaler,” said attorney William Cunningham who is representing Anthony Digilio, 29, of Brick. State Police and members of the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office had forensic experts working Monday to determine if Digilio's Imperial speedboat was responsible for the damage that caused the death and injuries. The Digilio family has been fully cooperating with authorities since they realized they had a possible connection to the tragedy, Cunningham said.

Anthony Digilio told Cunningham he ran over something on his way home on the Metedeconk River and had noticed that the mid shift bilge was on and he assumed he was taking on water.

Digilio thought he had hit a log, Cunningham said today. Digilio and his girlfriend never saw or heard anything while they were traveling on the river when they hit something they believed was a log, Cunningham said.

Anytime, especially at 1 o’clock in the morning, that the bilge pump activates itself , the safest response is to get the boat out of the water “Or you are swimming,’’ Cunningham said.

Digilio and his girlfriend Krista Behrend of Brick, had been out for a ride on the ocean late Sunday and were heading back to moor the boat at a relative’s home on the Metedeconk River. They planned to place the boat on the relative's lift. In the morning, Anthony Digilio and his father, Joseph, of Brick took the boat home to see the damage, Cunningham said.

Digilio found out that his boat may have been involved in the fatal collision after his girlfriend received a text message from a friend asking if they were OK because there was a boat accident on the news and they were asking if they got home all right, Cunningham said.

They inferred that the news was reporting the accident happened about the same time and place that they believed they hit a log, Cunningham said.

Digilio contacted the attorney, who called the Point Pleasant Police, was directed to Brick Police then finally to State Police Marine division, Cunningham said.

“I don’t think drinking was a part of this,’’ Cunningham said.

The Digilios were absolutely distraught over the idea that they may have caused harm to the family, Cunningham said.

“They were in my office for over three hours Monday and were so upset,’’ Cunningham said. “Not for themselves but for the prospect that they may have injured someone. The family had no idea what they could or should do for the victims, it was obvious that the victims were good people and well respected in the community.”

Cunningham said that the Digilios immediately called authorities and said to come and get the boat, after seeing the damage once it was removed from lift and placed on the trailer and taken to the garage in Brick. The boat was taken to the Digilio home on Frank Neri Drive in Brick and that was when they called Cunningham and authorities to come get the boat.

The Digilio family wants to cooperate fully with the law-enforcement investigation, Cunningham said.

Cunningham, who is a private practice attorney and retired member of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office, was instrumental in gaining a conviction in the case of Barry Flowers, whose yacht ran over a smaller boat killing three fishermen and maiming a third in 2000.

Duh
 

Even a retard know the difference between hitting a log and hitting a boat, unless their names are Anthony or Tex.
Tex, I wish it was you sitting in that Boston Whaler, I bet you would be singing a different tune. You suck!
Too bad they don't have a middle finger smilie, I would give it to you.
Another black mark for the power boating community, especially sad for the ones that act responsibly, we are all going to be lumped in the same category as that idiot.
What do you expect the attorney to say? $$$$$$$
My thoughts are with the people in the Boston Whaler.

The case far from over and I'm sure much more will unfold in the days, weeks and years following this incident..

The guy couldn't tell the difference between a log and a 17 foot Whaler, couldn't hear the people's screams, yet he heard his bilge pump kick on?

And he just happened to hire the same lawyer that convicted Barry Flowers?

Sorry, but that entire story smells like bullchit. :rolleyes:

Well, that's one way to put it. Hard to believe you don't know the difference between hitting a log and a 17-ft. boat filled with people. Was it confirmed that he tried to get the VIN numbers off the boat?

Not for nothin' but I do not see anywhere in the above statement that they said they heard a pump come on.

Here is the actual quote: "had noticed that the mid shift bilge was on and he assumed he was taking on water. "

Please stick to the facts or statements as they are written without adding something that was not said.

How would he have known the bilge came on in total darkness ? Well have a look at the switch panel. If I am not mistaken, those lines on the top four switches of the panel are what I believe are the lights inside the switches indicating they are on or in operation. Also with my assumption the switch labeled "PUMPS" being bilge pumps.

This is one piece of information I would like to know.

Was it simply just missing the hull number on the transom, or was there fresh scratch marks ? In my opinion, I think they might just have been missing.

There is a very good reason that this boat may not have the numbers in the upper right hand corner of the transom and it has nothing to do with this accident.

Why scratch the area if a number wasn't there to begin with ? :confused:

Sharkey - point taken.

Even if he does have an inidicator on the dash for the pump, I still think the story stinks and I'll leave it at that.

There is only a half a dozen people who know what exactly happened that night.

The Authorities will figure it all out once their investigation is finished ...

There is always % of fault on both sides sad story hope booze was not the reason for not stopping:mad: