DIVE TEAM SEARCHES FOR VICTIMS' BODIES IN CASTAIC LAKE.Byline: Staff and Wire Services CASTAIC - The search continued Monday for three men presumed to have died along with a fourth victim Friday after a speedboat crashed and sank in 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 . Divers from San Diego-based Marine Salvage Marine salvage is the process of rescuing a ship, its cargo and sometimes the crew from peril. Salvage encompasses rescue towing, refloating a grounded ship or patching or repairing a ship. Co. found the boat about 7 p.m. Sunday with help from sheriff's divers, said Deputy Ron Bottomley of the 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 Sheriff's Department's Headquarters Bureau. Divers are expected to recover the craft today. Still missing are three of the four men who were on the boat when it crashed. They were identified by the Sheriff's Department as Steve Coulombe, 38, of Agua Dulce Agua Dulce is Spanish for "sweet water". It also refers to various locations: In Mexico:
San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. County. The fourth man, 41-year-old Ken Lane of La Crescenta, was pulled from the water shortly after the crash in full cardiac arrest cardiac arrest n. Abbr. CA A sudden cessation of cardiac function, resulting in loss of effective circulation. Cardiac arrest A condition in which the heart stops functioning. . He died a short time later. Bottomley said the victims aboard the twin-engine, 30-foot craft worked for High Torque Marine, an Acton speedboat company, and were testing the vessel when it flipped and sank. Witnesses said the boat was going about 80 mph, Bottomley said. Castaic Lake, popular among boaters, is policed by Los Angeles County Park Police and lifeguards, said sheriff's Sgt. Richard Cohen. The posted speed limit is 35 mph, and boaters who exceed it are asked to dock, much like drivers are pulled over for speeding on the freeways, Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. said. The professional divers from Marine Salvage were hired by family members, friends and fellow employees of the three missing boaters because sheriff's divers are restricted to a depth of about 150 feet. Some relatives and friends watched the recovery effort Monday morning, peering through field glasses from the shore. The private divers used a submersible submersible, small, mobile undersea research vessel capable of functioning in the ocean depths. Development of a great variety of submersibles during the later 1950s and 1960s came about as a result of improved technology and in response to a demonstrated need for video camera Sunday to find the sunken boat, Bottomley said. The crash, reported at 1:51 p.m. Friday, happened a quarter-mile north of the Castaic Lake Dam, county fire Inspector Stephen Hereford said earlier. The prototype boat reportedly had no interior and no permanent seats. Anyone who saw the crash is asked to call sheriff's investigators at (323) 890-5500. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) A lifeguard patrols Monday at the site of Friday's fatal boat sinking at Castaic Lake. Divers found the speedboat Sunday but three of the four men who had been aboard remain missing. The fourth victim was pulled from the lake soon after the crash but died a short time later. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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