Boating Accidents Increase

(tiger20) · (tiger20) **Join Date: Sep 2001** 06-22-2004, 2:16 PM

From the morning's LA Times:

This year's boating accidents:

- 61 people killed (39 drowned, 12 from PWCs)
- 502 Injured
- 1000+ boating incidents
- alcohol was involved in 1/5 of the accidents
- 1/3 were fishing
- PWC's account for 21% of accidents

Be Careful please.

(wakehound) · (wakehound) **Join Date: Oct 2003** 06-23-2004, 8:23 AM

Nick- Is that nationwide?

(aaronlee13) · (aaronlee13) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 06-23-2004, 10:47 AM

if we got rid of fisherman and PWC's accidents would be cut in half!

(tiger20) · (tiger20) **Join Date: Sep 2001** 06-23-2004, 10:53 AM

no. Just California. 2003 stats.