US EditionSearch for 2 Boaters After Crash on Niagara River Now a Recovery Mission: Police
NIAGARA COUNTY, NEW YORK, JUL 24 – The boat struck a concrete abutment in a prohibited zone with strong currents, prompting a multi-agency search for two missing boaters, police said.
- At around 9:40 p.m. Wednesday, New York State Park Police said the boat struck a concrete abutment in the exclusion zone, leaving two people unaccounted for.
- The vessel was reported north of Navy Island when it hit a concrete abutment, with Park Police describing the exclusion zone as a no-boating area due to strong currents, and Chris Rola said the vessel struck a concrete abutment north of Navy Island.
- Helicopters and marine units resumed operations at daybreak Thursday, with Niagara and Erie County Sheriff Marine units participating in the overnight search until 3 a.m.
- Police said the missing boaters are identified as Jerome Williams, 66, of Buffalo, and Natalie Sansivero, 46, of Grand Island, while the damaged vessel was recovered for investigation and witnesses are asked to call police.
- Around noon Thursday the search shifted to a recovery operation, the New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation has taken over the case and agencies note this is the second recent boating incident.
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First responders are continuing recovery efforts for two boaters who went missing after a crash Wednesday night on the Niagara River.Jerome Williams, 66, of Buffalo, and Natalie Sansivero, 46, of Grand Island, were aboard a boat that struck a concrete pillar around 9:40 p.m., according to the Niagara-Gazette. The vessel capsized west of the north Grand Island Bridge and north of Navy Island.
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