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Teenager dies, man hurt in jet ski crash with boat
By Dan Collins and Sean O’Riordan
A teenager died and a young man in his 20s was seriously injured in a high-speed collision between a jet ski and a power boat in the harbour at Youghal last evening.
The accident happened shortly before 8.30pm in clear and calm conditions at the mouth of the harbour. The cause of the fatal accident was last night under investigation. According to some sources both craft collided at high speed.
The teenager, who was riding the jet ski, was quickly recovered from the water, but died before the rescue boat managed to reach the nearby pier.
The second
man, who was sailing a speed boat, was rushed by Southern Health Board ambulance to Cork University Hospital where he was treated for serious injuries to his legs. The dead youth, said to have been in his late teens, was from the Youghal area, but his name was not being released until all members of his family had been informed of the accident, said a garda spokesman. The injured man is also from the Youghal area.
Volunteers from the local sea rescue organisation were involved in the recovery operation as was an air sea rescue helicopter from
Waterford which remained on standby but was not needed to fly the injured man to hospital. Sea conditions were said to have been very calm and, while there was other boating activity, the harbour waters were not congested, said a spokesman.
By Dan Collins and Sean O’Riordan
A teenager died and a young man in his 20s was seriously injured in a high-speed collision between a jet ski and a power boat in the harbour at Youghal last evening.
The accident happened shortly before 8.30pm in clear and calm conditions at the mouth of the harbour. The cause of the fatal accident was last night under investigation. According to some sources both craft collided at high speed.
The teenager, who was riding the jet ski, was quickly recovered from the water, but died before the rescue boat managed to reach the nearby pier.
The second
man, who was sailing a speed boat, was rushed by Southern Health Board ambulance to Cork University Hospital where he was treated for serious injuries to his legs. The dead youth, said to have been in his late teens, was from the Youghal area, but his name was not being released until all members of his family had been informed of the accident, said a garda spokesman. The injured man is also from the Youghal area.
Volunteers from the local sea rescue organisation were involved in the recovery operation as was an air sea rescue helicopter from
Waterford which remained on standby but was not needed to fly the injured man to hospital. Sea conditions were said to have been very calm and, while there was other boating activity, the harbour waters were not congested, said a spokesman.
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