One Dead After Boat Capsizes on Underground Cave Tour, Officials Say
One person was killed and more than a dozen had to be rescued after a tour boat capsized Monday morning while carrying passengers through an underground cavern in western New York, prompting an all-out rescue effort, officials said.
Twenty-nine people were on board when the boat tipped over at the Lockport Cave in Lockport, N.Y., about 20 miles east of Niagara Falls, Luca Quagliano, the city’s fire chief, said at a news conference. Emergency workers rescued 16 people from the water, the chief said; the rest were able to get to safety on their own.
No one on the boat was wearing a life jacket, Chief Quagliano said, adding that because the cave attraction is privately owned, he and other officials were still trying to determine whether such devices were required there.
The authorities identified the person who died as a 60-year-old man who got trapped underneath the boat when it capsized. His wife was also on the boat and was injured, said the chief, who did not provide other details about the victim.
Source: The New York Times
