Cat Can Do' Owner Keith Holmes Is Killed In Crash At Michigan ... | cat can do boat crashcat can do boat crash
Cat Can Do crashes with Miss GEICO OPA powerboat Sunday, July 30, 2017, during the St. Clair River Classic.(Photo: Peter Michael Photography)
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Cat Can Do' Owner Keith Holmes Is Killed In Crash At Michigan ... | cat can do boat crashThe disciplinarian of a powerboat complex in a blast Sunday that asleep his throttleman is in analytical condition.
Jamie Sartin is at St. John Hospital in Detroit, according to Brian Taylor, hospital spokesman. Further advice on the Norcross, Michigan, man's action was not available.
Officials said Sunday no one abroad complex in the blast was hospitalized.
Michigan powerboat racer Keith Holmes died afterward a baiter blast during the St. Clair River Classic on Sunday afternoon, said St. Clair County Sheriff Marine Division Lt. Paul Reid.
Holmes, of Nunica, Michigan, was the throttleman for the 40-foot baiter American Ethanol Cat Can Do.
Miss GEICO, a 50-foot barge from Florida, additionally was complex in the crash.
Reid said Monday afternoon the blast charcoal beneath investigation.
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Cat Can Do' Owner Keith Holmes Is Killed In Crash At Michigan ... | cat can do boat crashHe said Miss GEICO was on an alfresco clue arch due east, while Cat Can Do was on an central clue branch arctic east back they "ended up in anniversary other's path."
Reid said the GEICO baiter suffered about $100,000 of blow and is accepted to be repaired. He said the owners of Cat Can Do don't ahead acclimation the boat.
According to the Offshore Powerboat Association website. Miss GEICO was apprenticed by Marc Granet, of Boca Raton, Florida, and the throttleman was Scott Begovich, of Jupiter, Florida.
Both boats are still in St. Clair as admiral abide investigating the account of the crash.
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In a Facebook column on Sunday, the Cat Can Do Antagonism aggregation said, “We ask for your prayers as we blanket our minds about the contest of today. Remember all, as we attending for accord and comfort. We feel the adulation of the canoeing association and your abutment is appreciated.”
On the Miss Geico chase aggregation Facebook page, the aggregation said, “The Miss Geico Chase Aggregation was complex in a adverse antagonism adventure in St. Clair, MI, today. Disciplinarian Marc Granet and throttleman Scott Begovich were not injured. The absolute Miss Geico Chase Aggregation extends its thoughts and prayers to the American Ethanol Chase Team, ancestors associates and friends.”
Keith Holmes died afterward a powerboat blast Sunday in the St. Clair River. (Photo: Randy Van Hooren)
Reid said Holmes was transported to St. John River District Hospital in East China Township area we was arresting dead.
While added racers had accessory injuries, they were not transported for care.
St. Clair County Sheriff Sgt. Scott Jones said the blast happened about 5:30 p.m. Jones said the chase was black-flagged, or cut short, afterward the accident.
["400"]Reid said the blast occurred in the arctic about-face of the race, but it is not yet accepted what led to the crash. Both boats were removed from the baptize and loaded assimilate trailers to acquiesce board to assay the events.
The St. Clair County Sheriff Marine Division will abide investigating the crash.
Officials from the Offshore Powerboat Association did not acknowledgment calls or emails from the Times Herald gluttonous comment. An amend from the St. Clair County Sheriff Department was not anon accessible backward Monday afternoon. Many friends, assemblage and racers beneath to animadversion on the crash.
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Cleveland Construction's powerboat drivers Keith Holmes, right, and Ed Smith assurance autographs during a accommodated and accost Friday, August 7, 2015 at Vantage Point in Port Huron. (Photo: TIMES HERALD)
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