Two men have been killed after they fell out of a 36-foot catamaran on the Potomac River Saturday according to Maryland Department of Natural Resources police.

High speed boat crash potomac river. Potomac River Boat Crash -- Two speedboat racers are killed when their vessel flips at 140mph in a deadly crash. FAIRVIEW BEACH VA Two people were apparently killed in a boat wreck Saturday on the Potomac River according to the Maryland Natural Resources Police. Two men are dead after a speedboat accident on the Potomac River authorities said.

The deceased men who are reportedly well-known speed boat racers have been identified as James Melley 49 and Garth Tagge 61 according to Candy Thomson a spokeswoman for the Maryland Natural Resources Police. Posted August 11 2013. James Melley 49 and Garth Tagge 61 were.

Their causes of death were blunt force trauma to the chest Thomson said. Experienced boaters James A. Two men were killed Saturday in the Potomac River south of Washington when their high-powered racing boat flipped over and ejected them as they were taking part in a.

Im not saying that because I know the details of it mostly just conjecture since the water speed record has held since 1978 and something like the last 6 attempts have resulted in deaths. Melley 49 and Garth Thomas Tagge 61 were ejected from their boat during the annual Potomac River Radar Run near Fairview Maryland US. The call for a possible river rescue came in a little after 10 am.

So for all my fellow boaters that are n the DC area and boat the upper Potomac to include the GeorgetownThree Sisters area be aware that DC harbor patrol has at least one officer that is enforcing a law that dates back to the early 1900s --which states it is illegal to swim float or. A spokesperson for police said the boat involved in the crash is capable of going 190 miles per hour and police are trying to figure out if the men were racing the boat. 407 PM CDT October 16 2016.

MD NRP did not sanction a race but it looks like it occurred at the Potomac River Radar Run the spokesperson told News4 in a statement. CNN Two men are dead after a speedboat accident on the Potomac River authorities said. Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled US.