News on Big Thunder KW Crash
11-09-2011 | 03:38 PM
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News on Big Thunder KW Crash
A violent crash during the first of three race days at the Key West World Championship has sent two offshore powerboat racers to the hospital.
Big Thunder Marine _ a 46-foot Skater catamaran with four 1,200 horsepower engines _ crashed during the third lap of Wednesday's race inside Key West Harbor. Robert M. Morgan, of Sunrise Beach, Mo., and Jeffrey Tillman, of Kaiser, Mo., were piloting the boat as throttleman and driver respectively.
Rescue divers were deployed within a minute of the accident, and the crew members were transferred to Lower Keys Medical Center. One victim was subsequently transferred by air trauma helicopter to the south Florida mainland.
Officials have not released any details of the accident including the crewmembers' conditions.
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/2-Power...133562943.html
Big Thunder Marine _ a 46-foot Skater catamaran with four 1,200 horsepower engines _ crashed during the third lap of Wednesday's race inside Key West Harbor. Robert M. Morgan, of Sunrise Beach, Mo., and Jeffrey Tillman, of Kaiser, Mo., were piloting the boat as throttleman and driver respectively.
Rescue divers were deployed within a minute of the accident, and the crew members were transferred to Lower Keys Medical Center. One victim was subsequently transferred by air trauma helicopter to the south Florida mainland.
Officials have not released any details of the accident including the crewmembers' conditions.
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/2-Power...133562943.html
11-09-2011 | 04:20 PM
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11-09-2011 | 04:43 PM
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