Wednesday, March 25, 2015

US WOMAN, JAMAICAN MAN DIE IN BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS WHEN BOAT CRASHES ONTO A ROCK




MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015

ROAD TOWN, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (AP)

Authorities in the British Virgin Islands on Monday identified two people who died in weekend boat crash as a U.S. woman and a Jamaican man who were employed at a luxury resort. 

The two workers of the Oil Nut Bay resort on the island of Virgin Gorda died over the weekend when the 38-foot inflatable boat they were traveling on slammed into a rock. 

A Monday police statement identified the dead 27-year-old woman as Kari Anne Way, whose Facebook page says she hailed from Charlevoix, Michigan. 

The Jamaican man was identified as Howard Anderson. Three other resort workers and one guest remain hospitalized in stable condition. 

Police are continuing investigations into the deadly crash. They have not said who owns the inflatable boat. 

A representative of the Oil Nut Bay resort declined comment Monday.

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2 dead in tragic boat accident in Virgin Islands water involving boat transporting persons to Oil Nut Bay

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI – Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) has confirmed that the body of a woman who went missing following this morning’s January 24, 2015 boat accident off Virgin Gorda has been found.

The search began for her following the accident during which a boat conveying staff of Oil Nut Bay resort crashed into a rock, leaving one man dead.

According to sources, the two who are now confirmed dead had resided at Oil Nut Bay, Virgin Gorda where they worked and at the time of the accident they along with several others were headed back to the resort from Valley, Virgin Gorda.

The man is said to have been an engineer attached to Oil Nut Bay resort.
We will provide further information when it becomes available.

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Man dead, woman missing in boat accident

VALLEY, Virgin Gorda, VI - 

We have confirmed that one man had died in a boating accident in the early morning hours of today January 24, 2015.

It has also been confirmed that Virgin Islands Search and Rescue (VISAR) personnel are searching for one woman who went missing during the boating accident.

According to the information received and confirmed by an inside Police source the vessel which had approximately a dozen persons on board was heading to Oil Nut Bay, Virgin Gorda when it apparently collided with a large rock in the dark of night.

Most of the persons managed to be rushed to safety but the one died and it is believed that a woman went under as she is missing from among those that were on board the vessel. Several other persons were rushed to Peebles Hospital but their condition was said to be non-life threatening