Melley 49 and Garth Thomas Tagge 61 were ejected from their boat during the annual Potomac River Radar Run near Fairview Maryland US.

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. James Melley 49 and Garth Tagge 61. 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.

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. 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.

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. They were pronounced dead at 1239 pm or about an hour after the accident at the annual Potomac River Radar Run she said. 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.

James Melley 49 and Garth Tagge 61 were. Posted Sat Oct 15 2016 at 342 pm ET. Posted August 11 2013.

For example in offshore powerboat racing one racer dies each year from accidents. Sunday when someone driving by the river in the Canal Road area spotted an overturned boat in the river. The Maryland Natural Resources Police identified the victims as James Melley 49 and Garth Tagge 61.

Domestic passenger flight operated by Air Florida from Washington National Airport now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Fort LauderdaleHollywood International Airport with an intermediate stopover at Tampa International AirportOn January 13 1982 the Boeing 737-222 registered as N62AF crashed into the 14th Street. The call for a possible river rescue came in a little after 10 am. Two men are dead after a speedboat accident on the Potomac River authorities said.