boating accident

The Maine Marine Patrol and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department are investigating an apparent fatal boating accident in Orrington, officials said Monday. The agencies were searching the Penobscot River for a second person after a body was recovered Sunday evening about a quarter mile below the Orrington boat launch, officials said. A canoe that the Maine Marine Patrol believes was...

Experts say carbon monoxide from a boat’s engine can build up, creating an invisible cloud of toxic gas.

A man was seriously injured in a Cape Cod boating accident on the Fourth of July. While on the waters of Dennis, Massachusetts, the 49-year-old fell overboard from a raft and was struck multiple times by the propeller, fire officials said. The man’s friend helped bring him back to shore and called 911. The Dennis Fire Department responded to the…