On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:18:47 GMT, "roto" wrote:


"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
news:IqudndKi2K6vXx_bnZ2dnUVZ_hGdnZ2d@wvfibernet. net...
http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2007062338
Long story short: Four adults and two children in a 16' Bayliner on the
Ohio River at 2AM Saturday in fog run into a barge. One adult and two
children dead.

http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2007062623
The boat's operator jumps off a bridge Monday in an unsuccessful suicide
attempt.



Guns don't kill people- Bayliners do.


Well, stupidity anyway. I liked this line in the story:

"The tragedy points out the dangers that barges can pose to recreational
boaters, Armstead said. “They’re silent killers. You can’t hear them.”"

This statement made when several paragraphs earlier it was noted that the
barge sounded its whistle and Fisher steered into it. Sounds like an 'anti
barge' agenda there somewhere, rather than an anti-stupidity agenda.
--
John H