Safe Boating For North Shore Boaters

Due to a high amount of unfortunate accidents along the North Shore, the Coast Guard and the state Fish and Boat Commission are revving up a safe boating education and enforcement campaign today through Sunday, hoping to influence the 1,000 pleasure boaters expected along the North Shore next weekend for the Kenny Chesney-Tim McGraw concert.

TribLive writes:



Even before summer began, tragedy played out on area rivers.


Three people accidentally drove personal watercrafts over dams — one woman died — and a watercraft-boat collision last weekend put a man and a woman in the hospital.


“These accidents are a big concern. People who drive over a lock and dam are just not aware of their surroundings. That’s the best scenario. The worst scenario is that they are not aware of their surroundings because they were under the influence of drugs or alcohol,” said Coast Guard Cmdr. Richard Timme, who supervises Pittsburgh’s waterways.


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