Thursday, April 4, 2013
Expert: DiGilio's boat had right of way; prosecution: lack of lights made him forfeit right of way
Anthony DiGilio's guilt or innocence on charges of vehicular homicide and assault by vessel will likely hinge on a few specific issues: whether his boat's navigation lights were on at the time he collided with another boater, and whether his speed was reckless given the conditions on the water at the time. The accident took place after 1 a.m. Aug. 3, 2008 near Gunner's Ditch, the area where the Metedeconk River and Barnegat Bay converge in Brick Township. The trial of DiGilio, a Brick resident, began Wednesday, over four years later. Senior Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Hillary Bryce said in an opening statement in Superior Court in Toms River on Wednesday that she will present witness testimony from a security guard at the Wharfside …
Monday, December 10, 2012
Eric Kim died when his boat and "No Surrender" crashed
A man from the Colonia section of Woodbridge died after his boat and another boat collided on the ocean off Long Branch, state police said on Monday morning. Eric Kim, 31, died after his boat was struck off Long Branch by "No Surrender," a 38-foot boat piloted by Thomas Oloughlin, 44, of Princeton, on Saturday afternoon, said Sgt. Brian Polite. Kim's passenger, Soo Lee, 34, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, suffered cuts, but was not seriously injured, Polite said. Polite said police are not releasing the names of the passengers aboard "No Surrender," but did say that the pilot and passengers were not injured. Kim may have originally been taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune for head injuries. He was later pronounced dead at …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
No injuries when Ocean One Hit Point Beach Jetty at Manasquan Inlet
The Ocean One commercial fishing vessel had a mechanical failure that caused loss of power that led it to collide into the rock jetty on the Point Pleasant Beach side of the Manasquan Inlet, the Coast Guard said on Wednesday afternoon. The scallop boat was coming back into the inlet when it lost power and the shoal that has developed along the jetty since Sandy had nothing to do with the incident, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Dan Wishnoff. Three people were safely rescued from a commercial scalloping vessel that drifted onto the rock jetty on the Point Pleasant Beach side of the Manasquan Inlet on Tuesday night, according to the Coast Guard. There were no injuries among the three, whose names were not yet available, said Joseph Hartline…
Joey Joe
10:58 am on Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Ya got that right. Who in their right mind operates their boat at 40 mph which is about 35 knots at 1am ? Never mind the fact that it was a moonless night. I've been boating for 30+ years and NEVER do I do more than what is necessary to move forward slowly 5knots or so (and I have a lookout with me and Radar going ALL THE TIME) at night. But then again I never operate ANYTHING (other than my arms… more ›