One man was killed and one other injured when their boat hit tough waters and capsized on the mouth of Hearth Island Inlet, Suffolk County police mentioned Sunday.
Each the boat’s operator, 68-year-old Christopher Sicignano, and passenger David Johnson, 70, have been thrown into the water and weren’t sporting life jackets when their boat flipped round 4:10 p.m. Saturday , Suffolk County Police mentioned in an announcement.
“The boat then sank,” police mentioned.
A passing boater noticed all of it occur and summoned assist by way of UHF radio, which introduced Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers and the U.S. Coast Guard to the scene, police mentioned.
Each males have been from Lindenhurst, on the south shore of Lengthy Island about 35 miles east of Manhattan.
Detectives are investigating precisely what led to the tragedy, and Suffolk police requested anybody with info to contact the Murder Squad.
