Man Dies in Boating Accident off Back River
posted 1:49 pm Sat August 04, 2007 - ESSEX, Md.
Sergeant Ken Turner of the Maryland Natural Resources Police says the accident happened around 12:50 a.m. in the Pleasure Island Cut - a small inlet near where the Back River meets the Chesapeake Bay.
Turner says the boat driver, 51-year-old William Spittel, ended up in the water along with Schott and another passenger, 34-year-old Jason Bard. Spittel and Bard were rescued, and Spittel was hospitalized with a concussion.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
Turner says Baltimore County Fire Department divers found Schott's body around 2:20 a.m.
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