HARBOUR ISLAND, ELEUTHERA — Two women are dead and a man is missing at sea after their boat collided with a ferry boat sometime after 9pm last night.
The victims and five other people they were traveling with onboard a 17-foot Boston Whaler were all thrown into the water when the vessel reportedly collided with a 28-foot Bertram.
The Bertram had three people onboard, and its captain and crew have all been accounted for, according to police.
The rescue team found seven people who were onboard the Boston Whaler, including two women who were pronounced dead at the Harbor Island medical facility; two women who were airlifted to New Providence; and a man and two women who were treated and discharged.
Assistant Superintendent Audley Peters said: “The captain of a 28-foot Bertram, which is used as a ferry boat, stated that he was traveling en route to Man Island, when he heard and felt a loud bang.
“He assumed that his vessel had hit a rock, but later realized that it collided with a 17-foot Boston Whaler. As a result, the passengers on the Boston Whaler were ejected into the water.”
According to Peters, officers from the Harbor Island Police Station led a search and rescue party to the scene of the accident.
“Investigations determined that eight people were onboard the Boston Whaler and three people on the Bertram,” he said.
Peters maintained that a search and rescue operation will continue for the missing man.
He added that the matter will be forwarded to the coroner for a Coroner’s Inquest after the police have concluded their investigations.
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