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RHODE ISLAND: Investigators looking for witnesses of fatal collision between yacht, fishing boat off Napatree Point

October 21, 2015 โ€” WESTERLY, R.I. โ€” A hired crew from New Jersey was piloting the 60-foot yacht that collided with a small fishing boat off Napatree Point last month, fatally injuring an 81-year-old fisherman from Stonington, Conn., investigators said Tuesday.

The yacht, a brand new 2016 Viking Princess 60 model, had been on display at the Newport International Boat Show and was on its way to another boat show in Old Saybrook, Conn., Sept. 22 when it struck the 23-foot Steiger Craft captained by Walter S. Krupinski, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management said in a news release.

Read the full story at Providence Journal

 

 

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