MAY 16, 2015
ROANOKE ISLAND, NC
Authorities say the collision happened off the northeast
shoreline of Roanoke Island. (Google)
One person was killed and another was injured after two
boats collided Saturday evening on the western side of the Roanoke Sound off
the northern end of Roanoke Island.
Lt. Mark Rich with N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Law
Enforcement said the collision happened around 6 p.m. and two people were
aboard each vessel.
Other details were not available Saturday night as officers
continued to investigate the accident, Rich said.
This is the second fatal boating accident in northeastern
North Carolina waters in the past week. Last Saturday, a Virginia couple was
killed when two boats collided in the Chowan River off Gates County.