Boat Accident

SEATTLE, WA – The Seattle Fire Department reported that a small boat was taking on water and potentially sinking in Lake Washington on Thursday evening. Crews are responding to reports of a small boat taking on water approx 300 yards off shore in Lake WA near Lakeside Ave S & S Atlantic St. @SeattlePD...

SEATTLE, WA – On Tuesday, Seattle firefighters responded to a call reporting a capsized sailboat in Lake Union near the 800 block of Terry Ave. North. Crews responded to the 800 Blk. of Terry Ave. N. for report of capsized sailboat. Report of all children who were on sailboat accounted for and safely out...

BLEWETT PASS, WA – WSP Troopers responded to a small leisure boat that had fallen off its trailer on Highway 97 near Blewett Pass, blocking one lane on Monday evening. Boat fell off a trailer on SB SR 97 MP164 (Just North of Blewett Pass). Failure to secure boat with tie downs and safety...

MOSES LAKE, WA (GRANT COUNTY) – A young man died the day after a Friday watercraft collision in Grant County that also injured another person, reports KIRO 7. The accident happened on Moses Lake near the Interstate 90 bridge, when a man operating a personal watercraft crashed into another craft. He was taken to...

WENATCHEE, WA – A 59-year-old Bellevue man died from his injuries after getting thrown off his jet ski on Lake Chelan on July 3. According to The Wenatchee World, Jeff Coffler suffered a cardiac arrhythmia after the accident. He died Friday, July 10, around 5 p.m. at Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee. Immediately after...

GRANT COUNTY, WA – Two 12-year-old boys were injured in a minor accident on the Columbia River on Saturday, July 11, according to YakTri News. One of the boys was at the wheel when their boat collided with a passing ski boat. The impact sent one boy under the vessel, where he was injured...

ENUMCLAW, WA – A man died Thursday after falling off a boat while fishing with his son at Deep Lake in King County, according to Seattle PI. The accident was reported to the King County Sheriff’s Office around 3 p.m. in the 36900 block of Veazie Cumberland Road Southeast after a man was thrown...