Crime & Safety

1 Injured In Indian Well Boat Accident [Updated]

Updated, 3 p.m.

One person was taken to a hospital after a speedboat apparently developed a leak and took on water near a home on Birchbank Road, along the Housatonic River.

As it floated by, neighbors hauled it in, along with its occupants, witnesses said.

Officers from the state Department of Energy and Enovironmental Protection were investigating and were going to have the boat towed.

Original Story

Firefighters and Shelton EMS are responding to four people involved in a boat accident on the Housatonic River shortly before noon.

More details as they emerge.


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