Speedboat skipper ‘inches away from tragedy’ after hitting boy, 14, on kayak

Moment speedboat skipper hit teenage kayaker and ran him over

Adam Russell was doing around 25mph when his boat slammed into the 14-year-old boy who was kayaking with his dad near Neyland

Speedboat skipper ‘inches away from tragedy’ after hitting boy, 14, on kayak

Adam Russell ‘inches away from tragedy’ after hitting boy, 14, on kayak

Man crashed speedboat into teen kayaker in 'life-threatening incident'

Adam Russell was first to be sentenced under new watercraft safety legislation

UK Court Jail Speedboat Driver in Landmark Watercraft Safety Law

A Welsh court has sentenced a speedboat driver in the UK’s first prosecution under new watercraft safety laws after a teenage kayaker was struck on the River Cleddau. A UK court has handed down a landmark sentence in the first-ever prosecution under new watercraft safety laws, following a life-threatening collision that left a teenage kayaker traumatised and injured on the River Cleddau in Wales. Adam Russell, 28, of Murrays Mew, Burton, Milford…

First prosecution under new watercraft safety laws

A motorboater who injured a teen kayaker in a “totally avoidable” collision has become the first to be sentenced under new The Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) Order 2023, which came into force in 2024.The powerboat was seen travelling at speeds of up to 25mph shortly before the collision with the kayak. Credit MCASwansea Crown Court was told how moments before the impact with a kayaker, motorboater Adam Russell had been seated steering a single-e…

Speedboat driver who hit teen kayaker first to be sentenced under new safety law

A man who crashed his speedboat into a 15-year-old kayaker near Milford Haven was sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended for two years, in the first prosecution by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) under new watercraft safety legislation.