July 10, 2011
Water Taxi, Private Boat Collide off Fire Island
Michael K. Lavers READ TIME: 1 MIN.
ISLIP, N.Y. - Authorities say three people are injured after a water taxi collided with a private boat off Long Island.
Coast Guard spokeswoman Jetta Disco says the accident occurred in the vicinity of Fire Island about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. She says the three were taken to an Islip hospital with injuries that weren't life threatening.
The four people on the water taxi and the two others on the pleasure craft were not hurt.
Jetta says the two boats were escorted to shore by Suffolk County authorities, but she had no details on how the collision occurred or damage to the water craft.
The Coast Guard is investigating the accident.
Based in Washington, D.C., Michael K. Lavers has appeared in the New York Times, BBC, WNYC, Huffington Post, Village Voice, Advocate and other mainstream and LGBT media outlets. He is an unapologetic political junkie who thoroughly enjoys living inside the Beltway.
