Duck Boat accident in Philly

Also, last week the news announced that the tug & barge contractor was hauling for the city of Philadelphia.
The city fired the contractor and hired a replacement contractor last week.

In a radio interview a couple of reporters were kinda of hinting around that the COLREGS should be changed to prevent this from ever happening again.

The reporters know about more trhan nothing to do with the Rules of the Road and are excellent, first class, hard core, Monday Morning QB's.

Duck Boat Verdict

Verdict: Operator is responsible.
According to the evening news, the operator may face up to 3 years in prson.
The operator is asking for mercy based on his child's condition. The child was not responding after anesthetic during an opertaion. The operator was on the cell phone, laptop and texting just before the accident.

The Duck boat operator was also texting and phoning just before the acident, although they did not say who he was texting or if it was related to the situation.


http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...-on-deadly-duck-boat-crash-on-delaware-river/

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8202693

NTSB Report

http://www.ntsb.gov/news/2011/110621.html

New on the news today.
The story this morning said it was the captain that jumped off the hood/bow of the duck moments before impact.

Later they reported a crew member jumped.


New video of duck boat crash released | 6abc.com