Police on the Isle of Wight are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a boat crash in the West Wight on Saturday, which seriously injured a 60-year-old woman and a 57-year-old man.
As first reported by Island Echo, at shortly after 21:00 a speed boat ran aground and smashed into the cliff face on the beach near Totland Bay.
6 people were reported as injured and taken to hospital. 2 of the group, a 60-year-old woman and a 57-year-old man, were taken to hospital by Coastguard Rescue 175 with serious injuries.
PC Potts-Henderson has said:
“We are working with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to jointly investigate the circumstances surrounding this incident. We would like to hear from anyone who witnessed this incident. We would also like to speak to anyone who may have video footage, which could greatly assist our investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call 101 quoting 44220389692. Alternatively, go online and submit information via https://www.hampshire.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report/.
If you have any footage of the incident, visit https://unitedkingdom1cpp-portal.digital-policing.co.uk/request/KzK0lzTyYNavausbDdsfGiac5hvShieh.
Them imagrants are getting older, aint they!
What did you do all day, while your friends were at school?
i think the clue is in the name
I thought i might have seen a similar boat in the solent the other day ?
There were about six on board, mainly older people.
They were driving at speed, doing doughnuts whilst eating vast amounts of spinnich.
l remember thinking at the time “Gosh, that’s dangerous, but at least they are not illegal immigrants”.
“doing doughnuts whilst eating vast amounts of spinnich”
Whatever you’re smoking, Dr Jollop, please pass it round.
That’s a motor cruiser, not a speedboat.
Stink boat, please.
The motor cruiser boat doesn’t look big enough to carry 6 people safely? It’s still on the rocks.
Injured?
Good. Maybe they’ll be more careful
Fat chance with that type of people! Probably BMW, Audi or Mercedes drivers too!
You can’t park there sir.
Maybe they should be asking yachtsmen if they were seen behaving recklessly earlier in the day – there will be no footage in the dark. I bet someone would come forward, knowing how these stink boat folks behave.