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Two folks had been killed and three others are lacking after two boats collided Saturday morning on the Wilmington River, in Georgia’s coastal Chatham County, officers stated.
The 2 boats had been touring in reverse instructions after they crashed, stated Mark McKinnon, a spokesperson for the regulation enforcement division of Georgia’s Division of Pure Sources.
One of many two boats was carrying six passengers whereas the second carried three, McKinnon stated. The opposite 4 folks concerned within the crash suffered minor accidents and had been taken to a close-by hospital in Savannah.
“The identities of these concerned is being withheld pending notification of household,” the spokesperson stated.
Savannah is roughly a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Atlanta.
Authorities are actually trying to find the sector scan sonar, McKinnon stated, a tool that’s often used to navigate automobiles and assist keep away from obstacles. Two helicopters of the US Coast Guard are additionally serving to within the search, McKinnon stated.
In an announcement on Fb, Chatham Emergency Providers stated a number of personnel from the Chatham hearth division, EMS, Coast Guard and Marine Patrol had been on the scene of the accident, and urged these close by to “keep away from the world.”
The reason for the crash is underneath investigation.