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