COLLISION ON LAKE BOAT CRASH AT CASTAIC HURTS FOUR.Byline: Amy Raisin Staff Writer CASTAIC - Four people were injured Friday morning when two boats collided head-on 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 , throwing one boater into the water and knocking another man's teeth out, authorities said. A man from each boat was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and treated for injuries that emergency crews described as minor. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. witnesses, shortly before 11 a.m. a bass fishing boat carrying two people and traveling an estimated 20 mph collided with a slower-moving ski boat In boating, a ski boat is a boat specifically designed to safely tow one or more water skiers. This is achieved by using a high-horsepower automobile engine usually positioned in the midsection and driven through a direct drive to the propeller. with five people aboard, most of them teenagers, just north of the lake's main ramp. ``It was really loud. I was sitting behind the driver and heard this loud crash,'' said Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. resident Robert Rees Robert Morrison "Bob" Rees (b. San Diego, 1938-d. Kailua, Oahu, November 1, 2005) was an advertising executive and journalist who wrote for the Honolulu Weekly and Honolulu Advertiser. , 15, a passenger on the ski boat. ``All of a sudden there's this boat just sitting on us.'' The aluminum fishing boat's bow came out of the water and came to rest on the bow (Naut.) on that part of the horizon within 45° on either side of the line ahead. - Totten. See also: Bow of the ski boat, witnesses said. The impact knocked the bass boat's passenger into the water but he was not injured. The driver of the bass boat, a man in his 60s, according to authorities, hit his mouth on something that knocked out a number of his bottom teeth. Tim Dahme of Simi Valley, who owns the ski boat, was at the wheel. The ski boat took the brunt of the bass boat's weight, which shattered the ski boat's windshield, spraying glass throughout the vessel. ``It was a head-on crash out there in the water but there weren't any serious injuries.'' said 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 Fire Capt. Robert Serabia. ``Some of the kids got some cuts and scratches.'' No one was cited at the scene, authorities said. Amy Raisin, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) An emergency crew wheels a boating victim past one of the boats involved in a head-on collision Friday at Lake Castaic. (2 -- color) A county police officer inspects one of two boats damaged in a Lake Castaic crash Friday. Four were hurt when an aluminum fishing boat collided with a ski boat, officials said. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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