Man Injured in Boat Crash with Golden Gate Ferry Dies

By: Sylvia Ramirez - Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:28:04 -0800

(BCN) -- An investigation is taking place after one of two people injured when a Golden Gate Ferry and a 22-foot  motorboat collided in the San Francisco Bay on Saturday died, a U.S.  Coast Guard spokesman said on Monday.
     
The victim was identified as 68-year-old Harry Holzhauer, of  Tigard, Ore., Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Mark Leahey said.
     
The crash happened at about 4 p.m. in Raccoon Strait, near  Tiburon. The Coast Guard is still investigating the circumstances of the  crash and who was at fault, Leahey said.
     
Golden Gate Transit spokeswoman Mary Currie said the motorboat was  traveling at a high speed when it collided with the MS San Francisco, which  was about 10 minutes into its 30-minute trip from Sausalito to the Ferry  Building in San Francisco.  
     
Holzhauer and another man on the motorboat were injured, but no  one on the ferry was hurt, according to the Coast Guard.
     
Leahey did not have an update this morning on the condition of the  second man who was injured.
     
The five crew members aboard the ferry will be drug tested and  placed on administrative leave during the investigation, as is protocol with  such incidents, Currie said.

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