INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE INTO LAST FRIDAY'S BOAT ACCIDENT


A letter has been issued to suspend the licence of a boat captain involved in an accident in San Pedro last Friday. As we reported, 31-year-old Rob Leonard and his wife 32-year-old Dina Leonard who were on their honeymoon on San Pedro were snorkelling when they were hit by a vessel. Rob suffered a severed right leg from the knee down while his wife received injuries to her hand. The incident involved a thirty eight foot vessel belonging to the San Pedro Belize Express that was making its way back from a charter run to Belize City. At the time of the incident, the Port Authority and the San Pedro police station launched an investigation to determine the cause of the incident and to verify if the vessel was too close to shore as per eyewitness accounts. A check with the Port Authority officials revealed that while the investigations are ongoing, they have issued a letter to the boat captain Anthony Ortiz, to suspend his master's license and have confiscated the vessel pending the outcome of the investigations.

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