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Divers Find Body of Man Killed in Boat Race Crash
Sep 5th - 10:49am
PORT DEPOSIT, Md. (AP) - Divers on Tuesday recovered the body of a man missing since a speed boat crash on the Susquehanna River Sunday. He was still strapped into the boat he was racing, authorities said.
Grasonville resident Paul Sohn, 49, was participating in the annual "Ragin' On the River" race at Port Deposit Sunday when his Jersey skiff broke into several pieces and sank. His son, Timothy, 15, was also on the boat but escaped.
Rescue divers found part of Sohn's boat on the river bottom, his body inside, on Tuesday morning. Sgt. Ken Turner of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police said volunteer divers from the American Power Boat Association, which sponsored the race, helped in the search.
Turner said Sohn's boat was ripped apart when it hit a wave caused by another boat. The front of Sohn's skiff "sort of split open like a banana peel," Turner said, and the sank to the river floor within seconds.
Sohn's body was taken to the State Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy, Turner said.
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Funeral Planned
The life celebration takes place Friday at Hunter's Oak on Carmichael Road in Wye Mills beginning at 3:00 p.m.
An education fund has been established for Paul Sohn's children. You can make checks payable to Kim Sohn and send them to this address:
The Sohn Family Fund
C/O Kent Narrows Racing Association
P.O. Box 350
Chester, MD 21619
http://wjz.com/local/local_story_249174904.html
Also:
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/r...06/08_06-74/TOP
Divers Find Body of Man Killed in Boat Race Crash
Sep 5th - 10:49am
PORT DEPOSIT, Md. (AP) - Divers on Tuesday recovered the body of a man missing since a speed boat crash on the Susquehanna River Sunday. He was still strapped into the boat he was racing, authorities said.
Grasonville resident Paul Sohn, 49, was participating in the annual "Ragin' On the River" race at Port Deposit Sunday when his Jersey skiff broke into several pieces and sank. His son, Timothy, 15, was also on the boat but escaped.
Rescue divers found part of Sohn's boat on the river bottom, his body inside, on Tuesday morning. Sgt. Ken Turner of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police said volunteer divers from the American Power Boat Association, which sponsored the race, helped in the search.
Turner said Sohn's boat was ripped apart when it hit a wave caused by another boat. The front of Sohn's skiff "sort of split open like a banana peel," Turner said, and the sank to the river floor within seconds.
Sohn's body was taken to the State Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy, Turner said.
http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=25&sid=90...amp;sidelines=1
Funeral Planned
The life celebration takes place Friday at Hunter's Oak on Carmichael Road in Wye Mills beginning at 3:00 p.m.
An education fund has been established for Paul Sohn's children. You can make checks payable to Kim Sohn and send them to this address:
The Sohn Family Fund
C/O Kent Narrows Racing Association
P.O. Box 350
Chester, MD 21619
http://wjz.com/local/local_story_249174904.html
Also:
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/r...06/08_06-74/TOP
