A devastating boat fire in Long Beach’s Alamitos Bay claimed the lives of two women and left three others injured on Saturday. The incident unfolded at approximately 5 p.m., when flames engulfed a boat at a fueling dock along the 200 block of Marina Drive. Promptly responding to the emergency, firefighters from the Long Beach…
Four adults and two children were suffered serious burns after their boat exploded in Huntington Harbour on the afternoon of Sunday, November 1. A boater touted by authorities as a good Samaritan helped the six people to safety after their boat experienced an explosion and caught on fire. According to police, all six people aboard —…
A 40-year-old woman suffered injuries following a boating accident caused by a suspected drunk boat driver Sunday afternoon in Mission Bay Park. According to police, a 23-year-old man was driving a powerboat at Mission Bay Park at approximately 4:50 p.m. Due to the alleged intoxication of the operator, he reportedly hit a woman who fell off a…
Accidents like these often leave the families of victims with the right to pursue a claim. Callahan & Blaine has significant expertise in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases arising from boating and maritime accidents, including successfully handling the recent Attessa IV super-yacht accident involving a 65 foot fishing boat. A crew member who was on the…
The California diving boat accident that killed 34 people when it burst into flames appeared to have serious safety deficiencies, a preliminary investigation has found. Among the problems aboard the Conception was the lack of a “roaming night watchman” whose job is to remain alert and notify passengers if a fire or another danger was…
Callahan & Blaine has significant expertise in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases arising from boating and maritime accidents, including successfully handling the recent Attessa IV super-yacht accident involving a 65 foot fishing boat. Conception, a commercial diving boat carrying recreational scuba divers, caught fire while anchored near the shoreline of Santa Cruz Island, California…
A 69-year-old Pacific Palisades man has died after he was severely lacerated by a boat’s propeller in Newport Harbor. The Orange County Sheriff’s Harbor Patrol said the accident occurred after the victim, later identified as Mansoor Roshan, was attempting to climb aboard a larger double-decker boat using a swim step. The unidentified driver of the…
One person has been injured after a speedboat crashed into a UCI rowing crew in Newport Beach, according to a news report. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said that a 22-foot Wellcraft sport boat crashed into the nine-person rowing crew from UCI near the Newport Dunes. Four men were aboard the Wellcraft for a day…
A 26-year-old San Francisco man has been killed, three other people were injured and one person is still missing after two boats collided off Catalina Island, according to a news report. U.S. Coast Guard responders said that Michael Harris was killed in the collision between a dingy and a boat near Catalina Island. He has…
The pastor of Cottonwood Church in Los Alamitos has sustained critical injuries in a Catalina boat crash that also hurt two other passengers, according to a news report. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office said that Pastor Bayless Conley was at the helm of a 22-foot boat when it crashed into the Isthmus of Catalina…