Category: boaters

Man’s Death Awaiting Trial on Charges He Killed His Mother at Sea Was Not Suspicious, Autopsy Says

CONCORD, N.H.—An autopsy has determined that the death of a man awaiting trial on charges of killing his mother off the coast of New England in a scheme to inherit millions of dollars was not suspicious, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said Wednesday. Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vermont, was found dead in his…


VIDEO: Humpback Whale With Broken Spine Completes Her Last 3,000-Mile Migration to Hawaii

A humpback whale with a broken back has somehow migrated over 3,000 miles from feeding grounds in British Columbia to breeding grounds in Hawaii, despite not being able to use her tail to propel her through the water. Scientists are marveling at her tenacity and hope her plight can serve as a cautionary tale to…


Sheriff: Boaters Fled Scene After Striking Children on River

NEW ROADS, La.—A Louisiana sheriff is investigating after three children riding on tubes on a river were struck and injured by a pontoon boat. The occupants on the boat all fled the scene after the Aug. 8 crash, Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff Rene Thibodeaux told WBRZ-TV. Two of the children required hospital treatment, including one…