Thursday February 16, 2012

Two boat accidents reported in Tokyo Bay after fireworks festival

TOKYO —

Two boat accidents were reported in Tokyo Bay after Sunday night’s fireworks festival, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) reported Monday. Five people were injured, a spokesperson said.

According to the JCG, a pleasure boat with 16 passengers on board crashed into another boat which 32 passengers around 8:30 p.m. just after the festival ended. No one was injured in that accident. In the second accident, around 9:10 p.m., another 9.5-meter-long pleasure boat hit a buoy in the bay. One man and four women received facial injuries.

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    seimei

    Does anyone know what the maritime law says about alcohol for the pilot in Japan? I'm sure that played a part here.

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    gogogo

    another 9.5-meter-long pleasure boat hit a buoy in the bay

    hahahaha how stupid do you have to be to hit that.

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    dijapan

    I was sitting on the docks, in one of the official viewing areas. I was so envious of the nice boats full of hotties going by in the bay. But i figured there would have to be an accident sooner or later. figures. anyways I finally settled on me and my hottie friend just sharing a jacuzzi after we made our own fireworks..... and oh, no injuries to report, thank goodness.

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