BOAT TRAGEDY PROMPTS COUNTY CALL FOR CHANGE.Byline: - Troy Anderson As divers continued to search Tuesday for victims of last week's boating crash at Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² , the Board of Supervisors directed Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County parks officials Tuesday to report back next month on ways to improve boating and water sports water sports Urophilia, see there safety regulations. The board also directed the Coroner's Office to report next week on how to deal with the recovery of bodies from boating accidents. ``The coroner is indicating that because of the depth of the boat they do not have the ability to retrieve the victims, and we're asking for a protocol that would ensure we have timely responses to future tragedies,'' Supervisor Michael Antonovich said. ``We also want to ensure we are enforcing safety rules and regulations on our waterways. If there are violators of those rules and regulations, they have to be cited and held accountable.'' On Friday, a fast-moving, twin-engine experimental catamaran catamaran (kăt'əmərăn`), watercraft made up of two connected hulls or a single hull with two parallel keels. Originally used by the natives of Polynesia, the catamaran design was adopted by Western boat builders in the 19th cent. flipped in choppy chop·py 1 adj. chop·pi·er, chop·pi·est Having many small waves; rough: choppy seas. [From chop1. waters on Castaic Lake. The body of Ken Lane, 41, of La Canada Flintridge was pulled from the lake shortly after the accident. Divers and a remote-operated vehicle have been searching for the bodies of Steve Coulombe, Nelson Roy Brinkman and Chuck Wiseman, which are believed to be in 246 feet of water with the boat wreckage, far too deep for county divers. |
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