One child dead, another missing in raft accident
Posted June 13th, 2008 by minortopics | via seattletimes.nwsource.comA boating accident in Washington has resulted in a 5-year-old drowning, a 9-year-old and an adult missing, and the operator of the boat being brought up on murder charges.
A Thurston County sheriff’s officer says a 5-year-old boy is dead after a 16-foot, flat-bottomed boat carrying three adults and two children overturned in the Nisqually River, east of Lacey in Thurston County.
Still missing in the river late tonight are a 9-year-old boy and a man. A woman and another man, who was operating the craft, reached shore safely after the boat overturned shortly after 6 p.m.
The 42-year-old boat operator, from Olympia, was arrested for homicide by watercraft, Mealy said. He was to be held overnight in Thurston County Jail and make a court appearance on Friday, the lieutenant said