Fatal Boat Accident

Was fishing on the Fox River in Algonquin. Heard what sounded like a jet-ski jumping and making some odd noise, but thought nothing of it until firetrucks and rescue vehicles started showing up along the river upstream. The loud sounds we had heard make sense in retrospect, it was the sound of the boat's propeller as the boat went airborne. It had hit the first pier which acted like a ramp and launched it and flipped it in the air, then it landed in the up-side-down position as you can see in the video. Accident happened when it was still dark out, we took to boat upstream to a different fishing spot and this is what we saw.
Here's a link to the official news story: http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/06/19/one-dead-after-boating-accident-in-fox...

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[mattrichter711]

nice job flying by them when they are doing a search/rescue effort.. not much common sense eh??

[goontah2202]

@mattrichter711 You're absolutely right. I was already prepared for and not surprised by your comment. I posted this video despite our obvious temporary lapse in judgement. It clearly shows that boating is nothing to be taken lightly, one needs to always be on their toes...see how easily one can mess up? Now imagine consuming alcohol and drugs on top of it, which we weren't, but sadly it's something that's seen much too often on this body of water.

[dogfart187]

What lake were you on?

[goontah2202]

@dogfart187  I was on the Fox River in Algonquin.

[blindtcjohnson]

@mattrichter711 I'd cut these guys a little slack. I wasn't there, but I can say from experience that sometimes your reflexes are a bit slow when you've been out fishing all night.

[fewzaum]

Ki bosta!

[MrQuack811]

as for the dipshit that said nice job speeding by.. looks like hes going nice and slow to me. not to mention there wouldnt be the video that ur ass watched unless he was going by

[graffitibig]

That was my dock :/

[WowHeCantFeesch]

RIP Mike.

Our sympathies to your family.