NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
June 25, 2009
Vol. 39, No. 284
For more information, contact Sgt. Gregory Rhodes, Fish and Wildlife Enforcement, 302-739-9913 or 302-542-6102, or Joanna Wilson, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.
Bear man dies in Bowers Beach boating accident
A Bear man involved in a boating accident early June 25 died later that afternoon at Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital in Dover.
According to the initial investigation by DNREC Fish and Wildlife Enforcement agents, two men had launched a 14-foot open cabin motorboat from the Bowers Beach Boat Ramp and were less than a half-mile out into the Delaware Bay when the owner/operator was knocked overboard and the passenger was thrown to the floor.
The owner/operator was helped back to the dock and pulled from the water by witnesses. Barry L. Temple, age 51, of 8 Grand Teton Drive, Bear, was airlifted to Kent General. Autopsy results are pending.
Passenger Paul E. Zulinski, age 62, of 704 Coventry Lane, Newark was not seriously injured.
Fish and Wildlife Enforcement is continuing their investigation into the accident. This is the first boating-related fatality in Delaware waters in 2009.
For further information, contact Sgt. Gregory Rhodes, Fish and Wildlife Enforcement, at 302-542-6102 or 302-739-9913.
