Coast Guard responds to boat crash; man ejected onto rocks in Whitehall Creek in Annapolis, Md.
Aug 1st, 2016
Pictured here is a boat involved in a crash in Whitehall Creek in Annapolos, Maryland, Sunday, July 31, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard and local partner agencies responded to a boat crash involving 3 mariners in Whitehall Creek in Annapolis on Sunday.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Maryland-National Capital Region received a report from Anne Arundel County Fire dispatch at approximately 10:45 p.m. stating a woman was standing in her back yard and heard people screaming for help in the nearby creek.
The initial report stated that one boater was missing and two others had injuries.
Sector Maryland-NCR issued an Urgent Marine Information Broadcast and launched a 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis to respond. Crews from Anne Arundel County Fire, Maryland Natural Resources Police and Maryland State Police also launched.
Once on scene, the RB-S crew saw an unconscious male on a jetty but could not get to him due to shallow water. Two RB-S crewmembers boarded a good Samaritan’s boat with shallow water capability and climbed out to the unconscious male to begin rendering first aid.
The unconscious male was medevaced to Baltimore Shock Trauma by Maryland State Police.
The two other injured boaters were met by awaiting emergency medical personnel at a nearby residential pier.
==============
Annapolis Man Who Died in Whitehall Creek Boat Crash Identified
A Coast Guard crew climbed onto a good Samaritan's boat to reach a man thrown onto a rock jetty; he later died, authorities said.
By Deb Belt (Patch Staff) - August 1, 2016 2:22 pm ET
ANNAPOLIS, MD — Authorities have released the name of an Annapolis man who died Sunday when his boat crashed into a rock jetty on Whitehall Creek.
Maryland Natural Resources Police said Monday morning that Paul Christopher Dettor, 49, died after he was thrown from a 20-foot Boston Whaler when the boat struck the jetty at the entrance to Whitehall Creek. Dettor was thrown onto the rocks about 11 p.m. Sunday.
Dettor was flown by a Maryland State Police helicopter to Baltimore Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead. He is Maryland’s eighth boating fatality of 2016, according to Maryland Natural Resources Police.
Two other men on the boat were taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center for treatment of minor injuries.
Dettor’s body was taken to the Medical Examiner’s office, where an autopsy will be performed. The incident remains under investigation.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Maryland-National Capital Region received a report from Anne Arundel County Fire dispatch about 10:45 p.m. Sunday that a woman in her backyard heard people screaming for help in the nearby creek.
A 29-foot boat and crew from Coast Guard Station Annapolis was launched to the accident scene. Crews from Anne Arundel County Fire, Maryland Natural Resources Police and Maryland State Police also launched.
The Coast Guard crew saw Dettor on a jetty but could not get to him because of the shallow water. Two crew members boarded a good Samaritan’s boat with shallow water capability and climbed out to the unconscious man to provide first aid.The two other patients -- a 49-year-old man and a 48-year-old man -- were taken by paramedics to Anne Arundel Medical Center with minor injuries.