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Cops: Boater in fatal crash was traveling at high speed

Originally published: October 5, 2009 8:50 PM
Updated: October 5, 2009 11:20 PM
By BILL BLEYER AND BART JONES.  bill.bleyer@newsday.com,, bart.jones@newsday.com

Emergency worker John Duryea called 911 for assistance

Photo credit: James Carbone | Emergency worker John Duryea called 911 for assistance as he found multiple people yelling for help at the fatal Wantagh boat crash on Sunday night. (Oct. 5, 2009)

The operator of a high-performance powerboat passed "at a high rate of speed" under a bridge closed for construction before he crashed into marshland off Seaford, killing himself, his wife and a friend while leaving four passengers critically injured, police said Monday.

PHOTOS: Powerboat crashes off Wantagh

About two-thirds of the 76-foot-wide passage under the Goose Creek Bridge on...

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