1 Dead, 8 Rescued After Boat Goes Over Lake Linganore Dam in Maryland

Details of why the nine people were boating after considerable rainfall Saturday were not available Saturday night

 

 

Jun 27, 2015, 10:39 PM ET

By ABC NEWS via Good Morning America

Rescuers work to pull people from the water after a boat went over Lake Linganore Dam in Maryland, June 27, 2015. 

One person died and eight others were rescued from Lake Linganore after their boat went over the dam, leaving some stranded in the water as rescue crews raced to reach them Saturday evening, according to officials.

The deceased was an adult operating the boat, but fire and law enforcement officials said they could not provide further details.
Rescue workers recovered the body almost five hours after the incident was first reported, according to Capt. Kevin Fox, a spokesman for the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services.

The eight who were rescued from the water were taken to Frederick Memorial Hospital, Fox said. Officials could not provide further details about the extent of their injuries.

Neighbors called 911 at about 6:30 p.m. after hearing people calling for help.

Numerous emergency medical crews, fire personnel and deputies responded to the scene, which was located in a remote area that included much foliage and hilly terrain.

Three of the eight rescued were stranded on the spillway, clinging to rocks as a Maryland State Police helicopter hoisted them up to the aircraft one by one, according to Fox.

Others were pulled out of the water by first responders and neighbors, said Lt. Jason Null, of the Frederick County Sheriff's Office.

Candy Thomson, a spokeswoman for the Natural Resources Police, the agency handling the investigation, said several people fell off the pontoon boat before it went over the dam, and a few were clinging to trees in the aftermath of the incident.

The nine aboard the boat ranged in age from teenagers to adults, according to Null.

Details of why the nine people were boating after considerable rainfall Saturday were not available Saturday night, Null said. However, he noted the individuals were not boating with any company or group at the time, stating it was most likely a personal trip.

Even as rescuers ventured out late Saturday to recover the body, Thomson said the water and weather conditions were “less than ideal,” and that the white water and pitch dark made it dangerous for them.

A group of people sat huddled on the curb near the area where rescuers went to recover the body, some crying and talking on the phone. A man standing nearby declined to talk to The Frederick News-Post.

“This is very sad. ... I feel for the families,” Thomson said.

Natural Resources Police will continue to investigate the incident, Thomson said, speaking with the eight rescuers and any witnesses in hopes of “piecing together what happened” on the boat in those final moments.


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Sam Yu/Frederick News Post

 

One person died and eight others were rescued after a boat went over a dam in Maryland, authorities said. 

Local residents reported the situation at Lake Linganore Dam at about 6:30 p.m. after hearing people calling for help, Frederick County Fire and Rescue Captain Kevin Fox told ABC News. 

"Some of the neighbors in the area heard people calling out for help and they noticed the people clinging to the rocks and also on the dam's ledge, calling for help," Fox said. 

Workers were still attempting to recover the body of the person who died, Fox said. 

The accident occurred amid heavy flooding concerns in the region. Flood warnings remain in place for sections of Frederick County. 

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources is leading the investigation into the accident.

13-year old boy killed, sister critically injured when hit by jet ski on Bass Lake in Fresno, California

Madera Co. Sheriff's Ofc. says 13-year-old boy died after being hit by a jet ski. He was swimming in the water. (Veronica Miracle)

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN)

 

Cal Fire and the Madera County Sheriff's Office are on the scene of a deadly boating accident at Miller's Landing on Bass Lake.

The Sheriff's office said a brother and sister were inner-tubing when they fell off. A passing jet ski then hit them. The 13-year-old boy died. His 16-year-old sister was airlifted to Community Regional Medical Center. She is listed in critical condition with a head injury.

Both of the vessels involved in the crash were rented from the Miller's Landing dock. The owners at Miller's Landing said they have not had a fatal boating accident in over ten years.

The Madera County Sheriff's Office said the jet ski driver was not under the influence, but he is being investigated.

Owner from Miller's Landing at Bass Lake says vessels involved in crash were rented from their dock. @ABC30 pic.twitter.com/p7PnOdsYVm

— Veronica Miracle (@VeronicaABC30) June 28, 2015

Image courtesy of Kristen Bishel

Stay with Action News and ABC30.com for more on this story.

1 dead, 1 injured when CSX train collides with vehicle on the Westside in Jacksonville, Florida

Police on the scene at 9700 W. Beaver Street where a CSX train was involved in an accident with a car on Saturday evening.

Larry Spruill

This is where the train vs car accident took place Saturday evening that killed one and left another person injured.

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA

One person is dead and another was injured when a train crashed into a vehicle on Saturday police said.

A CSX train collided with a vehicle at a railroad crossing near 9700 W. Beaver Street according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

The person who died and the person injured were both traveling in the vehicle at the time of the crash.

The injured person was transported to UF Health police said.

Police were told by witnesses that the guard rails were down at the time of the crash.

The identity of either person from the vehicle was not released by police.

Elderly woman killed, man injured after FrontRunner train hits truck in Lehi, Utah

 

 

June 27, 2015, by Mark Green and Robert Boyd

 

LEHI, Utah

An elderly woman who was in extremely critical condition has died and a man was also injured Saturday night in a crash involving a truck and a FrontRunner train that had about 90 people aboard.

FOX 13 News’ Robert Boyd is live at the scene of the crash and reports the elderly couple was in a truck that was struck by the train and that both were taken to a hospital—with the woman listed as being in extremely critical condition. 

Boyd reports that just before 9 p.m., the 72-year-old woman died due to her injuries.

The truck that was hit got stuck between the cross-bar and the tracks somehow, and the cause of the crash remains under investigation.

There were approximately 90 people on the train when the crash occurred, and none of the train passengers were injured. Utah Transit Authority loaded those passengers on to buses.

Tune in to FOX 13 News at Nine Saturday for updates on this developing story.

1 woman killed when motorcycle driven by off-duty IMPD officer crashes in Downtown Indy

Posted 2:53 am, June 26, 2015, by Christina Gatte - Assignment Editor, Updated at 02:22pm, June 27, 2015

UPDATE (June 27, 2015): The woman killed in the accident has been identified as 21-year-old Shondra Mathis.

INDIANAPOLIS (June 26, 2015) – A woman is dead after a motorcycle accident in Downtown Indy, just a few blocks west of Monument Circle.

Police responded to a call about an accident around 2:30 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Washington and West Streets.

Police say that there were two people riding the bike. Officer Chris Wilburn from IMPD confirms the driver of the motorcycle was an off-duty IMPD officer. His passenger, a female, died at the scene.

The driver was taken to the hospital, but it is unclear how serious his injuries are.

Officers are currently blocking Washington St westbound in the 600 block near that intersection.

This investigation is ongoing and our story will be updated as more information becomes available.

1 female rider killed, 3 injured when two BMW motorcycles collide on Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge in New York

Posted 10:09 AM, June 27, 2015, by Julia Jacobo

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY

A 32-year-old woman was killed early Saturday after two BMW motorcycles collided on the exit ramp of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.

Both motorcycles, each occupied by a male driver and female passenger, were traveling westbound on the lower level of the bridge, when one rear-ended the other on the exit ramp to East 60th Street at First Avenue.

The impact caused the woman in the front motorcycle to fall off. She was then hit by the 28-year-old driver of the second motorcycle. EMS pronounced her dead at the scene.

The 30-year-old driver of the first motorcycle was taken to the New York Hospital, along with the driver of the second motorcycle and his 21-year-old passenger. They remain in stable condition.

The investigation is ongoing.

2 killed, 2 injured following high water crash when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a mailbox and utility pole in Indiana

Posted 5:21 pm, June 27, 2015, by Jim Scott, Updated at 08:26pm, June 27, 2015

UPDATE: (June 27, 2015)–A second person has died following an early morning crash on Promise Road in Hamilton County.

According to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s  crash investigation team, a 16-year-old female passenger died from injuries sustained in the crash.

The other juvenile passengers were reported with minor injuries.  According to the initial crash report, it is unknown if the occupants were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.


HAMILTON COUNTY, Ind. (June 27, 2015)–The driver of a car that crashed after going into high water has died.

39-year-old Armando K. Lara, Sr., of Noblesville died of injuries sustained after his car crashed on Promise Road north of 181st Street early Saturday.

According to Hamilton County Sheriff’s crash investigators, Lara was driving a Pontiac Grand Prix northbound on Promise Road shortly before 12:30 a.m. when he encountered an area of high water.  The vehicle left the roadway and struck a mailbox and utility pole.

Lara was taken to Riverview Hospital where he later died of his injuries.
Three juvenile passengers riding in the car were also injured.

Fed-Ex Driver’s Body Found In Trinity River in Texas after an 18-Wheeler Truck plunges into the Trinity River late Friday

 

 

Fed-Ex Driver’s Body Found In Trinity River in Texas

By Annie Potasznik |CBSDFW.COM| June 27, 2015 4:29 PM

(credit: Arezow Doost/CBSDFW.COM)

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM)

 The body of a Fed-Ex driver was recovered this afternoon from the Trinity River in Dallas.

Authorities said the 18-wheeler truck hydroplaned on I-45 last night and went over a guardrail at East Overton Road.

Dive teams were called in to search for the driver.

The Dallas County Medical Examiner has not yet released his identity.

Published: June 27, 2015 12:35 pm

 

Authorities on Saturday worked to recover a semi truck that 

plunged into the Trinity River late Friday. (Vernon Hale/Dallas PD)

Authorities say the driver of an 18-wheeler died after the truck went through a guardrail along Interstate 45 and plunged into the Trinity River late Friday.

About 10:54 p.m., Dallas Fire-Rescue was called to the scene of a swift water rescue after a FedEx truck veered off Interstate 45, near Overton Road.

Jason Evans, a Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman, said authorities had to call off the search for the truck driver because of low visibility.

“Because of the darkness and the rain that was coming down, they decided it wasn’t safe enough to do so,” Evans said.

The search resumed this morning.

Around noon, divers confirmed the driver had died, Evans said. Crews were able to pull his body from the water shortly after.

Dallas police, the Dallas County sheriff’s department, hazmat crews and the Texas Department of Transportation were also at the scene.

Working hard @dfrincidents @DallasPD @JocelynNBC5 pic.twitter.com/ebuOAu7Bzp

— Vernon Hale♦ (@ChiefHaleDPD) June 27, 2015

The deadly U.S. roads: 1 woman dead, 2 injured in Brandywine Hundred crash in Delaware

The News Journal 1:03 p.m. EDT June 27, 2015

A crash Saturday morning in Brandywine Hundred left a woman dead and two other people injured. 

(Photo: JOHN J. JANKOWSKI JR./SPECIAL TO THE NEWS JOURNAL)

A crash Saturday morning in Brandywine Hundred left a woman dead and two other people injured.

Delaware State Police Sgt. Richard D. Bratz said the two-vehicle accident happened just after 7 a.m. at Naamans and Darley roads. 

Bratz did not give an account of the crash or details on the injured victims, but did say one was in critical condition and the other's injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. Both were transported to Christiana Hospital.

The intersection is closed as police investigate the fatal crash.

A woman was killed and two other people injured at Naamans and Darley roads. (Photo: JOHN J. JANKOWSKI JR./SPECIAL TO THE NEWS JOURNAL)

A woman was killed and two other people injured at Naamans and Darley roads. (Photo: JOHN J. JANKOWSKI JR./SPECIAL TO THE NEWS JOURNAL)

Fun Turns to Burning Hell in Taiwan: Hundreds injured, at least 100 seriously, after flammable powder apparently exploded in midair at a recreational water park in Taiwan

By Greg Botelho and Kevin Wang, CNN

Updated 7:38 PM ET, Sat June 27, 2015

Story highlights

• Water park: A separate marketing firm put on the "Color Play Asia" party
• Video shows a fireball erupting, followed by people running through flames
• Firefighters believe a flammable powder exploded in midair, according to state news

(CNN)At least 472 people were injured -- about 100 of them seriously -- after flammable powder apparently exploded in midair at a recreational water park in Taiwan, the East Asian nation's official Central News Agency reported. 

The flames erupted when the unknown substance blew up over a stage around 8:30 p.m. Saturday (8:30 a.m. ET) at Formosa Fun Coast, firefighters said, according to the CNA report. 

CNA reported that "the fire was quickly brought under control," but not before hundreds suffered injuries.

Video showed a massive fireball suddenly engulfing the stage, followed by screaming people running for their lives through flames.

Some people used large, inflated inner tubes as stretchers to carry out the injured, CNA reported. 

Hundreds injured in Taiwan water park blast 00:43

Calling it the "worst incident of mass injury (ever) in New Taipei," Taiwan's most populous city, Mayor Eric Chu called for ambulance support from neighboring Taipei, Taoyuan and Keelung. In addition, Taiwanese defense ministry spokesman Luo Shao-he said all military hospitals in northern Taiwan were prepared to take patients.

Formosa Fun Coast indicated the fiery explosion occurred during a "Color Play Asia" party put on by a separate marking company that leased out space at the park.

"We are very regretful (for) this accident that caused injuries to many victims," Formosa Fun Coast said in a statement. "The most urgent matter currently for us is to handle and assist with ... victims on the scene and work comprehensively with the New Taipei Fire Department."

Flash flood warning issued in southern N.J. counties

(Accuweather)

on June 27, 2015 at 8:12 PM, updated June 27, 2015 at 8:18 PM

 

Portions of southern New Jersey were under a flash flood warning until late Saturday, the National Weather Service said.

The warning was in place until 11:30 p.m. for west central Atlantic, southeastern Gloucester and northeastern Cumberland counties, according to a weather service alert.

Doppler radar showed heavy rainfall across the area around 7:30 p.m., the weather service said. Two to three inches of rain already hit the impacted regions and more was expected through late Saturday.

Heavy rain and possible thunderstorms were expected across much of the state through late Saturday with periods of rain on Sunday.

Cars at Acheson Auto Works, a central Iowa auto repair shop, destroyed in flooding

Saturday, June 27, 2015 1:10 pm

 

CLIVE, Iowa (AP)

A Clive, IA auto repair business reports that 90 percent of the vehicles on its property have been ruined by a flash flood.

Des Moines television station KCCI reports that Acheson Auto Works, which backs up to the Walnut Creek, was flooded early Friday, destroying about 40 vehicles.

Tim Todd with Acheson Auto Works says he was shocked by how fast the water rose and said that by the time he got a call warning of the flooding, "it was too late."

Workers plan to continue the cleanup throughout the weekend in hopes of opening on Monday.

Flooding Closes Area Roads, Impacting Clive, Iowa

JUNE 25, 2015

CLIVE, Iowa

Heavy rain Wednesday night into Thursday morning is causing flooding across much of Central Iowa. There are several flood warnings in effect, you can view a complete list here.

In Clive, the city evacuated residents of an apartment complex near North Walnut Creek at 75th Street and University Boulevard. The complex is now surrounded by water this morning.

Walnut Creek is approaching flood stage in West Des Moines. Water is currently over parts of Grand Avenue and several nearby streets are closed. The city experienced rapidly rising water levels early Thursday morning in Walnut Creek.

 The total rain amount reached over five inches between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. within the Walnut Creek basin. Walnut Creek crested at 142^nd Street at 5:02 a.m. at 13.28 feet and I-35/80 at 13.41 feet.

The Raccoon River is currently high enough that it is covering one lane of traffic of westbound Interstate 80 near Van Meter.

Power Outages

 
Late Wednesday night, more than 3,000 MidAmerican Energy customers lost power in the Des Moines-area. As of 6:40 a.m, MidAmerican says the majority of its customers have power again.

Rainfall Reports

In some areas, more than seven inches of rain fell as storms moved through Wednesday into Thursday morning.

Northeast of Yale in Guthrie County, 6.08″ of rain was reported. 7.1″ of rain fell in Adel between 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and 4:30 a.m. Thursday.

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1 woman killed by NJ Transit train in Morristown, NJ after she fell backwards onto the tracks

June 27, 2015 by Kevin Coughlin

A Mendham woman was killed early on Saturday when she fell in front of an eastbound train at the Morristown train station, a spokeswoman for NJ Transit said.

Sherylynn Barta, 47, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 2 am collision, said Penelope Bassett of the transit agency.

A Mendham woman was killed after authorities say she stumbled in front of an eastbound train at the Morristown train station. File photo by Kevin Coughlin

The train engineer saw the woman “stumbling backwards,” falling into the train’s path. He sounded the horn and applied the brakes, but could not avert the fatal collision, Bassett said.

It is being ruled as an accident, she said.

Barta was with someone at the time, a male. Bassett did not have his name.
NJ Transit police investigated the incident, with assistance from the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office and Morristown police.

No passengers were aboard the train that struck Barta. A westbound train to Dover was delayed for about an hour during the police investigation.

Cameron, MO Airshow Cancelled after Pilot Killed in a Pitts S-2B Special Biplane Crash

 

 JUNE 27, 2015

CAMERON, MO

A pilot died after crashing a plane at an airshow this weekend, causing the event to cancel early.

On Saturday afternoon, a plane at the Cameron Airshow was performing a dive, but never pulled out of it,  and instead crashed into a grove of trees. 

The pilot was then airlifted to an area hospital. Around 4 p.m. an employee of the airshow confirmed to FOX 4 that the pilot had lost his life.

The airshow, which was supposed to run both Saturday and Sunday, has been cancelled as a result of the crash.

Date:	27-JUN-2015
Time:	14:00
Type:	Pitts S-2B Special
Owner/operator:	O'Berg Aviation Service LLC
Registration:	N877UP *
C/n / msn:	5080
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Airplane damage:	Substantial
Location:	Cameron Memorial Airport (KEZZ), Cameron, MO -   United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:	(KEZZ)
Destination airport:	(KEZZ)

Narrative:
The aircraft impacted open field terrain during an aerobatics performance flight at Cameron Memorial Airport (KEZZ), Cameron, Missouri. The biplane sustained substantial damage and the sole pilot onboard received fatal injuries.


* Registration unconfirmed.

Sources:
http://fox4kc.com/2015/06/27/plane-crashes-at-cameron-airshow/
http://www.kshb.com/news/plane-crash-reported-during-cameron-airshow-condition-of-pilot-unknown
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=877UP

http://www.obergairshows.com
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Pitts-S-2B-Special/1747581/M/
https://www.facebook.com/cameronairshow
http://www.cameronairshow.com