Westchester Insider: WESTCHESTER COUNTY POLICE RESPOND TO BOATING ACCIDENT.

 

    Date: June 1, 2021

                                                                                                            FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                                                                                          

 

                                                                             

WESTCHESTER COUNTY POLICE RESPOND TO BOATING ACCIDENT: Three Passengers Rescued from Long Island Sound, Fourth Swims to Safety.

 

(White Plains, NY) – At 6:54 pm on May 31, 2021, the Westchester County Police Marine Unit was called to the scene of a sinking boat in the Long Island sound off of Davenport Neck in New Rochelle. The boat, a twenty-seven foot Hunter sailboat, struck a reef and was taking on water.  When Westchester County Police arrived on the scene, the sailboat was partly submerged and three people, wearing life vests, were in the water.  All three were taken aboard the Westchester County Police boat with assistance from the Westchester County Police Aviation Unit and harbor patrol units from the City of New Rochelle and the Village of Mamaroneck. The three people rescued at the scene were New Rochelle residents.  A fourth person who was on the sailboat swam to shore.  No injuries were reported.