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One person is dead after two small pleasure boats collided off Pender Island Friday night.
The 20-foot boats were in Swanson Channel, off North Pender Island, crashed around 8 p.m., said Capt. Bob Evans with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria.
One boat carried two people and the other carried one.
One of the pair on the boat — a man — suffered serious injuries and later died. The two other people may have received minor injuries and are expected to be OK, Evans said. He didn't know where the people were from.
The JRCC responded with a Coast Guard life boat out of Ganges and Coast Guard auxiliary. Rescue boats from two B.C. Ferries also responded.
Weather is not believed to be a factor; light southwest winds were blowing at the time of the crash.
Gulf Islands RCMP are investigating.
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One person is dead after two small pleasure boats collided off Pender Island Friday night.
The 20-foot boats were in Swanson Channel, off North Pender Island, crashed around 8 p.m., said Capt. Bob Evans with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria.
One boat carried two people and the other carried one.
One of the pair on the boat — a man — suffered serious injuries and later died. The two other people may have received minor injuries and are expected to be OK, Evans said. He didn't know where the people were from.
The JRCC responded with a Coast Guard life boat out of Ganges and Coast Guard auxiliary. Rescue boats from two B.C. Ferries also responded.
Weather is not believed to be a factor; light southwest winds were blowing at the time of the crash.
Gulf Islands RCMP are investigating.
© Copyright (c) The Victoria Times Colonist
Take only what you need.