GRASONVILLE, Md. (AP) - Police say a child has died and at least seven other people were injured when a racing boat lost control and crashed into a crowd of onlookers off Kent Island.
The Capital Gazette reports that Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thomson says a 7-year-old died. Three victims were taken to a trauma center following the collision Sunday afternoon in the Chesapeake Bay. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known.
The crash occurred during the Thunder on the Narrows race at the Kent Narrows. Thomson says the operator of the boat lost control and struck onlookers who were gathered on spectator boats that were sitting next to each other along the race course.
Missing
STEVENSVILLE, Md. (AP) - Authorities are searching for a missing boater after a vessel capsized in the Chesapeake Bay off Kent Island.
Maryland Natural Resources police spokeswoman Candy Thomson says four people were pulled from the water shortly after the boat capsized around 5 p.m. Sunday.
She says the fifth person on board the boat wasn't immediately found. It happened off Terrapin Beach on Kent Island, about a mile north of the Bay Bridge.
Thomson says police are searching for the boater along with the Coast Guard. Maryland State Police have sent a helicopter to aid in the search.
The four who were pulled from the water were taken to a hospital.
