Sad News: Fisherman dies off Point Lookout

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On December 1, 2009, the Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) investigated a fatal boating accident that occurred in the Chesapeake Bay, 2 1/2 miles east of Point Lookout.

Preliminary investigation revealed two people were recreational fishing aboard a 28 foot Marinette boat.

The vessel was underway when the passenger in the vessel fell overboard. The operator, Craig Matthew Powell, age 47 of Scotland, Md. turned the vessel around and located the overboard passenger. Powell was unable to get the passenger back on board his vessel.

LINK: Fatal Boating Accident off Point Lookout, MD - Southern Maryland Fishing
 
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