Boat Sinking

Sat, 2005-08-13

At 10:25pm on Saturday, Police received a report of a boat sinking near Dockyard (inside the camber) with five people onboard. Marine Police initially searched the area but found no trace of the vessel or the five occupants. However, after receiving information that the occupants of the vessel swam ashore, Marine Police located the five men on the south basin camber. It appears that the men were traveling from Dockyard towards the City of Hamilton when the vessel, an 18ft. Wellcraft, hit Stag Rock and sunk. One of the men managed to use his cellular phone to contact Harbour Radio, who in turn broadcasted an appeal for all vessels in the area to search for the sinking boat. The driver of the boat sustained facial injuries (nose and jaw) and was taken to KEMH for treatment. The four passengers were not injured, and the boat was subsequently recovered by Marine Police. Inquiries into this incident are underway.

Injury RTC

Around 2am on Saturday, Police attended a reported single vehicle road traffic collision resulting in injury at the junction of North Shore Road and Loyal Hill Road in Devonshire. It appears that the motorcycle was traveling east on North Shore Road when the rider attempted to make a right turn on to Loyal Hill Road and lost control. The rider, a 57 year old Pembroke man, was taken to KEMH for treatment of internal injuries and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. Inquiries into this incident are underway.