Christopher Leffler, Lori Leffler, Zachary Leffler, Nathan Leffler, and Robert Chauncey killed, one charged with OWI in boat collision in the Wilmington River near Savannah, Georgia
2 dead, 3 missing after boats collide on Georgia river over Memorial Day weekend
The crash occurred around 10:30 a.m. Saturday at a convergence in the Wilmington River, about seven miles east of downtown Savannah in Chatham County.
Two dead, three missing in Memorial Day weekend boat crash on Wilmington River
According to the U.S. Coast Guard, “missing are a 37-year-old white male and two early 20-year-old white males, last seen wearing board shorts and no shirts.”
Official: Boats collide on Georgia river, 2 dead, 3 missing
Authorities told The Savannah Morning News that one of the boats was carrying six people and the other had three aboard when they collided around 10:30 am on the Wilmington River.
3 bodies found after boats collide on Georgia river, officials say. Death toll now 5
The Coast Guard said on the evening of May 28 that three people — a 37-year-old male and two “early 20-year-old” males — were missing. Their bodies were found around 9 a.m. May 29 in 14 feet of water and in “close proximity to each other,” the Georgia DNR said.
Georgia boat crash leaves 5 dead; man charged with boating under influence
One of the surviving boaters, Mark Christopher Stegall, 45, has been charged with boating under the influence, Mark McKinnon of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said.
Georgia boat crash leaves 5 dead; man charged with boating under influence
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources identified the victims Sunday as Christopher David Leffler, 51, of Savannah; Lori Lynn Leffler, 50, of Savannah; Zachary James Leffler, 23, of Alpharetta; Nathan Leffler, 17, of Savannah, and Robert Steven Chauncey, 37, of Savannah.
Man indicted for homicide after Georgia boat crash kills 5
Authorities say Stegall was under the influence of alcohol and operating the boat recklessly by steering it down the wrong side of the river.
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