AUGUST 17, 2009 – A man who was boating home from work was killed when he crashed into a sea wall near the Carquinez Bridge, authorities said. Jerry Campbell, a 59-year-old from Bethel Island, was heading home about 9:30 p.m. in a 26-foot salvaging vessel when it collided with the break wall on Mare Island, [...]

AUGUST 2, 2009 – A ski boat and a fishing boat collided near Discovery Bay, sending seven to the hospital with minor injuries, authorities said. The collision occurred about 11:30 a.m., according to the U.S. Coast Guard. A 20-foot vessel carrying six adults and a child crashed into an 18-foot boat carrying two adults, authorities [...]

AUGUST 1, 2009 – Two Central Valley men were found dead after their boat sank in Discovery Bay, authorities said. Songkram Sangcharoon, 35, of Antelope and Key Calvan Soeur, 37, of Stockton were fishing in an 11-foot boat near the Werner Dredger Cut when the vessel sank, according to the Contra Costa County Coroner’s office. [...]

JULY 28, 2009 – Two 19-year-old men suffered critical injuries when their watercrafts collided on Black Butte Reservoir in Tehama County, authorities said. Jamison Parker of Orland was piloting one watercraft and Craig Robert Lohse of Glenn was operating the other, according to the Tehama County Sheriff’s Department. Lohse apparently turned in front of Parker, [...]

JULY 1, 2009 – A 19-year-old woman taking her first jet ski ride was injured in a collision with another watercraft, authorities said. Amanda Nevarez of Joshua Tree was riding alongside a relative, who then passed Nevarez before making a sudden U-turn in her path, causing the watercrafts to collide, according to the Stanlislaus County [...]

JUNE 30, 2009 – A man practicing to become a river guide drowned when he was thrown from his raft, authorities said. The unidentified man, believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s, was part of a group of prospective river guides learning how to navigate a hazardous section of the American River [...]

JUNE 28, 2009 – A 62-year-old Fresno woman drowned after her kayak overturned in Kings River near Sanger, authorities said. The unidentified woman was with a group when her kayak caught on a branch and flipped over near Annadale and Riverbend avenues, according to Fresno County sheriff’s deputies. Rescuers were alerted about 10:40 a.m. and [...]

JUNE 22, 2009 – A Roseville man died after he crashed his boat at Camp Far West Reservoir near Lincoln, authorities said. The body of Frank Joseph Urbancic, 53, was found shortly after midnight Monday by members of the Placer County Sheriff’s Marine Unit and Dive Team. Urbancic was reportedly operating the vessel at a [...]

JUNE 9, 2009 – The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office reported a man died Sunday afternoon when two personal watercraft collided on Middle River. The accident occurred on Middle River about a mile north of Union Point, at about 3:50 p.m. According to reports, the two watercraft were jumping the wake of a nearby [...]

APRIL 24, 2009 – A Fresno County judge has sentenced Roger Guzman, 37, to 2 years in prison after he was convicted on charges of running over a boy in his boat in during Labor Day weekend in September 2006. An 11-year-old boy suffered a fractured skull and deep scars on his face and [...]