Overloaded Fishing Boat Capsizes, 4 Dead, 1 Missing on White River

[WB Staff]

An overloaded fishing boat ferrying seven people back to their cars after a family picnic along the White River in Indiana capsized on Monday night, killing four people and leaving one missing, the authorities said Tuesday.

The accident happened around 9:30 p.m., after 16 members of a family had picnicked in a public fishing area along the river near Martinsville. The boat was transporting the family from a sandbar across the river when it overturned, Lt. Angela Goldman of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said in an interview on Tuesday evening.

“The boat was 10 to 12 feet long,” Lieutenant Goldman said. “Boats that size are not intended to fit that many people.”

More info from NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/us/w ... sized.html