NTSB -- NTSB LAUNCHES GO-TEAM TO MARINE ACCIDENT IN FLORIDA; 3 PM MEDIA BRIEFING TO BE HELD

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NTSB ADVISORY

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National Transportation Safety Board

Washington, DC 20594

April 13, 2009

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NTSB LAUNCHES GO-TEAM TO MARINE ACCIDENT IN

FLORIDA; 3 PM MEDIA BRIEFING TO BE HELD

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The National Transportation Safety Board has launched a go-team to

yesterday’s marine accident in Ponte Vedra, Florida.

At approximately 6:30 pm (EDT), a 22-foot pleasure craft struck a moored

workboat at mile marker 195 of the intercoastal waterway. Multiple

fatalities and injuries have been reported.

Senior Marine Investigator Tom Roth-Roffy is the Investigator-in-Charge

and will lead the team of three investigators. NTSB Board Member

Deborah A.P. Hersman is accompanying the team and will serve as the on-

scene spokesman. A representative from the NTSB’s Office of

Transportation Disaster Assistance is accompanying the team and Peter

Knudson will be the on-scene Press Officer. He can be reached on his cell

phone at (202) 557-1350.

The NTSB is cooperating with Florida State Fish & Wildlife Conservation

Commission law enforcement investigators.

The Safety Board will hold a media briefing today at 3:00 pm (EDT) at the

Jacksonville Aviation Authority Administration Building, 14201 Pecan

Park Road, 2nd Floor Training room. Member Hersman will provide

remarks.

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NTSB Media Contact:

Peter Knudson (in Florida)

(2020 557-1350

peter.knudson@xxxxxxxx

Public Affairs Office in Washington, DC

(202) 314-6100

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