delta boating accidents

got this from jetgofish...
Be careful out there.... Here's an article from Monday morning's San Francisco Chronicle:

In what authorities are calling a night of chaos in the Delta, new details have emerged regarding one of a string of Delta boating accidents Sunday evening, according to Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office spokesman Jimmy Lee.
Lee said the accident, which he originally reported to have occurred just before 9 p.m. this evening, actually happened just before 8 p.m. in the area of Old River and Fay Island near the Cruiser Haven Resort in unincorporated Contra Costa County.

Lee said the accident was a collision between two boats with a total of seven people on them.

According to Lee, a 13-year-old girl was ejected from one of the boats and sent flying into some rocks. She received facial injuries and was airlifted to Children's Hospital in Oakland.

Lee said an adult male was also ejected from one of the boats and was airlifted to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. The extent of his injuries is unknown.

Lee said the cause of the accident is under investigation and that it is still too early to tell if alcohol was involved.

Three other boating accidents -- one of them confirmed as alcohol-related -- occurred about 7:15 p.m. Sunday night near the Orwood Resort in unincorporated Contra Costa County, said Lee.

The first accident caused minor injuries, but the driver of the boat allegedly tried to flee. Lee said he was subsequently booked for boating under the influence.

The second accident may have been related to the first, according to Lee. Lee said information on the accident is scarce but that one person was sent to a local hospital.

The third accident may have been a collision between two boats, said Lee. No injuries were reported in that accident and it is not believed to have been alcohol-related, according to Lee.