Outdoors
UPDATED: Boats Collide Off of Darien, Man Receives ‘Fairly Severe’ Injury to Right Leg
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A man on a power boat on Long Island Sound south of Darien received “fairly severe” injuries to his right leg in a mid-morning boating accident, Darien police said. ________
Editor’s note: This article has been updated at 11:25 p.m., Sunday to reflect added information from Darien police. ________
The man, a Danbury resident, was with two men from Redding on a 20-foot power boat at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, about a mile west of Greens Ledge Light, police said. A New York City man was operating a 33-foot sailboat which hit the power boat was charged with negligent operation by the U.S. Coast Guard, according to police. Darien police gave this further account, including accusations not proven in court:
The operator (and only occupant) of the sailboat, moving at the time under engine power, had left the wheel — leaving the sailboat unpiloted — to look for something below deck when the boat collided with the right side of the rear of the power boat.