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Editor: Rod Sullivan
Profession: Maritime Attorney

The boat crash in the St. John's River on June 4, 2006 was most likely caused by the two boats not seeing one another at a sharp curve in the river. William Williams was the operator of one of the boats. He was taken to the hospital with a broken leg. In all, six people were ejected into the water and three were taken to the hospital. A dog on one of the boats was killed. An engine on one of the boats was still running after the collision and the propeller severly cut the leg of a female passenger.

Jonathon Warrington was a witness to the accident. He was standing on the shore talking on his cell phone when he saw the crash. "I looked and saw this boat come this way and I saw that boat coming that way...I ran down there and, before I got to the end of the dock, they collided.....I saw a girl go under and I just tried keeping my eye on where she went in..."

A photo of one of the boats can be seen at:

http://www.wftv.com/news/9318806/detail.html