STARKEY, N.Y. — Police say they’ve recovered the body of an upstate New York marina owner thrown overboard during a high-speed accident on Seneca Lake. The Seneca County Sheriff’s office tells the Corning Leader that 44-year-old Donald Roberts Jr. of Burdett and a co-worker were testing a 29-foot Kryptonite boat owned by his Glen Harbor Marina when it suddenly swerved...
STARKEY, N.Y. — Police say they’ve recovered the body of an upstate New York marina owner thrown overboard during a high-speed accident on Seneca Lake.
The Seneca County Sheriff’s office tells the Corning Leader that 44-year-old Donald Roberts Jr. of Burdett and a co-worker were testing a 29-foot Kryptonite boat owned by his Glen Harbor Marina when it suddenly swerved and threw both men into the lake near Juniper Point. The accident happened just before 5 p.m. Saturday.
The Elmira Star-Gazette reports that 34-year-old Frank Carson of Odessa told authorities he was at the helm and doing 70 or 80 mph when he lost control, possibly because of a fault in the steering system. Carson — Roberts’ head mechanic — was treated for a fractured sternum.
Roberts’ body was found Sunday about 300 feet from shore.
Investigators are examining the boat.