After tragedy, 2 injured in powerboat finals
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November 15, 2011, Tuesday
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TWO offshore powerboat racers from New Jersey were injured on Sunday on the final day of competition at the Key West World Championship in Florida, where three participants have died in recent days. But the injuries to the racers hurt on Sunday were not believed to be serious.
Owner/driver Robert Vesper of Somers Point and throttleman Danny Crank of Hammonton were both taken on Sunday to Lower Keys Medical Center after their 38-foot Warpaint slammed into a wave during the last of three race days.
On Wednesday, racers Robert M. Morgan, 74, and Jeffrey Tillman, 47, died when their 46-foot catamaran Big Thunder Marine violently crashed in Key West Harbor.
For Sunday's race, many drivers affixed memorial decals to their boats that honored the three racers. For much of Sunday afternoon, a plane towed a banner over the race course that read, "IN MEMORY OF THREE GREAT RACERS."
It had been 16 years since a racer had died at a Key West World Championship. To have three deaths within three days was unprecedented.
Crew chief Dave McIntyre said that Crank was transported to Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital by helicopter as a precaution for examination of a head injury. Initial reports on Crank's condition were positive, but additional tests were being performed. Vesper was released a few hours after the single-boat accident with cuts and abrasions.
Owner/driver Robert Vesper of Somers Point and throttleman Danny Crank of Hammonton were both taken on Sunday to Lower Keys Medical Center after their 38-foot Warpaint slammed into a wave during the last of three race days.
On Wednesday, racers Robert M. Morgan, 74, and Jeffrey Tillman, 47, died when their 46-foot catamaran Big Thunder Marine violently crashed in Key West Harbor.
For Sunday's race, many drivers affixed memorial decals to their boats that honored the three racers. For much of Sunday afternoon, a plane towed a banner over the race course that read, "IN MEMORY OF THREE GREAT RACERS."
It had been 16 years since a racer had died at a Key West World Championship. To have three deaths within three days was unprecedented.
Crew chief Dave McIntyre said that Crank was transported to Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital by helicopter as a precaution for examination of a head injury. Initial reports on Crank's condition were positive, but additional tests were being performed. Vesper was released a few hours after the single-boat accident with cuts and abrasions.
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