The bodies of three more people were pulled from a river in coastal Georgia on Sunday, raising the death toll from a head-on motorboat collision to five.
Two boats were traveling in opposite directions along the Wilmington River in Chatham County on Saturday morning when the vessels crashed into each other.
Two people were confirmed dead immediately following the crash, four passengers were injured and transported to hospital and three others were declared missing.
Georgia and U.S. Coast Guard divers recovered the bodies of the three missing victims from the bottom of the river on Sunday near the coastal town of Savannah.
The victims have been identified as Savannah resident Christopher Leffler, 51, his wife, Lori, 50, and their sons Zachary, 23, and Nathan, 17. According to WTOC, 37-year-old Robert Chauncey was also killed in the crash.
Mark Christopher Stegall, 45, also of Savannah, was arrested for ‘boating under the influence’ during in the incident, the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed. His bond has been set at $3,500.
Georgia DNR notes that the cause of the crash is currently unknown and the incident remains under investigation.
so after this mass murder are we banning boats or alcohol
Summer hasnt officially started amd we all have been cooped up. Now Biden wants to reinstall masks on planes.
It will never ever end.
PFDs aren’t a thing in Georgia?