2 Powerboat Racers Die After Crash

Officials didn't release any details of the crash

Officials say two offshore powerboat racers died following a violent crash during the first of three
race days at the Key West World Championship.

Big Thunder Marine -- a 46-foot Skater catamaran with four 1,200 horsepower engines -- crashed during the third lap of Wednesday's race inside Key West Harbor. Robert M. Morgan, of Sunrise Beach,
Mo., and Jeffrey Tillman, of Kaiser, Mo., were piloting the boat as throttleman and driver respectively.

Rescue divers were deployed within a minute of the accident, and the crew members were taken to a nearby hospital. Race officials say both men later died from their injuries.

Officials didn't immediately release any details of the accident.


 

 

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