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The information contained in this news release
is preliminary information only taken at the time of the incident.
It does not include information from any followup investigation.
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| NEWS RELEASE ID : N07090174 |
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| Incident Type : |
Incident Date : |
| 2 BOAT COLLISION |
| 09/27/2009 |
| Waterway : |
District : |
Incident Time : |
| OTHER - SEE BELOW |
3
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3:50:00 PM |
| Location : |
Town : |
County : |
| SHOAL CREEK |
JOPLIN, MO |
NEWTON |
| Summary : |
| BOAT # 1 & # 2 WERE ON SHOAL CREEK NEAR THE RIVERSIDE CAMPGROUND. BOAT # 2 WAS MOVING ACROSS THE RIVER IN FRONT OF BOAT # 1.BOAT # 1 WAS TRAVELLING UPSTREAM AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN IT COLLIDED INTO THE SIDE OF BOAT # 2. STEVEN BLUE WAS THROWN INTO THE WATER AND WENT UNDER. BLUE WAS RECOVERED DOWNSTREAM FROM THE SITE OF THE COLLISION BY RESCUE DIVERS. |
Boat(s) Involved Listing:
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Boat Number : 1
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| Boat Type : |
Damage Estimate : |
| KAWASAKI STAND UP JET SKI |
UNKNOWN |
| Boat Owner : |
Owner City/State : |
UNKNOWN |
UNKNOWN |
| Operator |
Age: |
City/State : |
| HURD, SHAUN |
23 |
JOPLIN, MO |
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Boat Number : 2
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| Boat Type : |
Damage Estimate : |
| KAWASAKI STAND UP JET SKI |
UNKNOWN |
| Boat Owner : |
Owner City/State : |
UNKNOWN |
UNKNOWN |
| Operator |
Age: |
City/State : |
| BLUE, STEVEN |
25 |
NEOSHO, MO |
Fatalities:
| Injured Name : |
Age: |
City/State : |
| BLUE, STEVEN |
25
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NEOSHO, MO |
| Nearest Relative: |
City/State : |
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| Taken to : |
Coroner : |
| FREEMAN WEST HOSPITAL, JOPLIN |
MARK BRIDGES, NEWTON CO. CORONER |
| Date Body Recovered : |
Time Body Recovered : |
Location : |
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09/27/2009
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4:15:00 PM
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RIVERSIDE CAMPGROUND |
| Recovered
by : |
Depth : |
Swimmer :
Unknown
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| FIRE RESCUE DIVERS |
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| Method : |
Wore PFD :
Unknown
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| DIVING |
BACK
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