Darien Police Marine Unit 912-16-16

Man Receives Minor Burns After Explosion Aboard Boat on Long Island Sound

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For some reason, an explosion occurred on a boat on Long Island Sound shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, causing a man to get minor burns on his face, arms and torso when his shirt caught on fire, Darien police said. The man said he jumped into the water to put out the flames on his shirt. Police were called to the scene at 7:27 p.m. on a report that the 19-foot boat was on fire. Officers on the Darien police boat took the man to shore, where a Darien EMS-Post 53 ambulance took him to a hospital for treatment. The Norwalk Fire Marine Division took care of the boat.

Darien Police Marine Unit 912-16-16

Darien Police Marine Unit Rescues 16-Year-Old Boater

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A 16-year-old Darien boy was boating on Long Island Sound near Long Neck Point on Wednesday when the 21-foot Mako power boat he was in broke down, and he had to drop anchor. About two hours later, after his father went looking for him from the shore and his brother called police, the boat with the boy in it was found and the teenager was taken to shore. If the boy had been out on the sound for much longer, according to a police news release, he likely would have suffered hypothermia. Police gave this additional account of what happened:

At about 6 p.m., the boy’s brother called police, saying he hadn’t been able to call his brother’s cell phone. The police marine division and the Noroton Fire Boat were dispatched, and the U.S. Coast Guard was notified.