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Car plows into crowd at Indiana boat race
AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/2/06 | AP

Posted on 07/02/2006 3:21:48 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

MADISON, Ind. - A car plowed into a crowd Sunday at a speedboat race on the Ohio River, sending as many as a dozen people to a hospital, according to reports.

The car plunged into the river and the Madison Regatta was halted, The Madison Courier reported.

Between eight and 12 people were transported to a hospital, the newspaper reported. There was no immediate word of the extent of injuries.

Madison is in southeast Indiana, midway between Louisville, Ky., and Cincinnati.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: boatrace; car; crowd; indiana; plows

People gather around a car that ran into the Ohio River in Madison, Ind., on Sunday, July 2, 2006. The Madison Regatta, an annual Fourth of July event was taking place when the car plowed through the crowd injuring several spectators before ending up in the river. The races were called off for the day and between 8-12 people were transported to the hospital, according to the Madison Courier newspaper. (AP Photo/James Crisp)


1 posted on 07/02/2006 3:21:51 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
Wreck Brings Regatta To A Quick End
Madison Courier

Members of the Madison Police Department investigate the scene of a wreck on Sunday, July, 2, which brought the Madison Regatta to an quick end. An unidentified driver careened through the crowd that was preparing to watch a race in the Madison Regatta Indiana Governors Cup unlimited hydroplane boat race. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie)

2 posted on 07/02/2006 3:24:40 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --- Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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To: NormsRevenge

Did the driver have a heart attack?


3 posted on 07/02/2006 3:26:23 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: NormsRevenge

Any info on the perp/driver?


4 posted on 07/02/2006 3:26:46 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: GSlob

No additional details available from what I can see at this time.

Just an Unidentified driver.


5 posted on 07/02/2006 3:27:04 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --- Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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To: NormsRevenge
No information on Driver or reason?
6 posted on 07/02/2006 3:27:23 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Nothing so far.


7 posted on 07/02/2006 3:28:02 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --- Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran; NormsRevenge
No information on Driver or reason?

Driving while Muslim?

8 posted on 07/02/2006 3:30:20 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: NormsRevenge

I see even crime scene tape now has to be translated into Spanish.

Geez.


9 posted on 07/02/2006 3:31:30 PM PDT by JennysCool (Roll out the Canarble Wagon!)
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To: NormsRevenge
Initially I thought it was a boat and not a car.

Prayers for the injured.

10 posted on 07/02/2006 3:37:22 PM PDT by LdSentinal
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
No information on Driver or reason?

Perhaps it was Ted dreaming of the days on the USS Oldsmobile.

11 posted on 07/02/2006 3:39:24 PM PDT by politicalwit (Freedom doesn't mean a Free Pass.)
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I see even crime scene tape now has to be translated into Spanish.

It says, "POR FAVOR"!!!

I don't see the English saying, "PLEASE"!!!

12 posted on 07/02/2006 3:40:28 PM PDT by paulat
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To: NormsRevenge

It's an epidemic! A car crashed into a crowd outside the world soccer thingy today too! Is that a Mustang?


13 posted on 07/02/2006 3:42:55 PM PDT by Normal4me
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To: NormsRevenge

Madison used to be the only city to sponsor an unlimited hydroplane called the Miss Madison.

There arent many unlimited hydroplane races any more. Too expensive I guess. It costs tons of money to sponsor one of the big Thunderboats. They arent really Thunderboats any more now that they run on helicopter engines. I miss the old Piston Engines, and I think maybe that is another reason the sport is dying.

I dont keep up with them much anymore , I heard Miss Budweiser was gone , It died with Bernie Little, a Bud dealer in Florida who paid the bills.


14 posted on 07/02/2006 3:55:12 PM PDT by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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>"I see even crime scene tape now has to be translated into Spanish. ">"

Not only that but it axes politely to not cross in spanish (par favor)!

If mezzicants are sooo dumb that we need to print police warnings in espanol, what make us think they are smart enough to be literate in the first place?

15 posted on 07/02/2006 4:00:13 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (I'd rather be carrying a shotgun with Dick, than riding shotgun with a Kennedyl!)
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To: Normal4me

<< Is that a Mustang? >>

It's a Chevrolet ~ appears to be a Lumina.


16 posted on 07/02/2006 4:09:15 PM PDT by Peace4EarthNow
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Update.. driver said he had passed out at the wheel.


MADISON, Ind. - A car plowed into a crowd Sunday at a speedboat race on the Ohio River, sending as many as a dozen people to a hospital, according to reports.

The car plunged into the river and the Madison Regatta was halted, The Madison Courier reported.

Between eight and 12 people were transported to a hospital, the newspaper reported. Four people were airlifted to University Hospital in Louisville, Ky., television station WHAS reported.

Madison police Capt. Dan Stephan told The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Ky., that the driver said he had passed out at the wheel.

Madison is in southeast Indiana, midway between Louisville, Ky., and Cincinnati. The annual boat race draws thousands of people to the riverside community of about 13,000 every Fourth of July weekend.

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On the Net:

http://www.madisonregatta.com/


17 posted on 07/02/2006 4:50:58 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --- Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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To: NormsRevenge

Passed out drunk or what?


18 posted on 07/02/2006 5:16:02 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: NormsRevenge

"Hey Guys, Hold muh beer, and watch this!!"


19 posted on 07/02/2006 5:20:58 PM PDT by aShepard (Maybe the UN should donate UNICEF proceeds to the Gates Foundation, and fold!)
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To: NormsRevenge

another Update,, driver is 18.


MADISON, Ind. - A car careened through a crowd at a speedboat race on Sunday, mowing down people in its path before plunging 25 feet out into the Ohio River, police and a witness said. Eleven people were injured.

The driver, Michael Bowen, 18, was slumped over the steering wheel as the vehicle approached a crowd barrier at the Madison Regatta, Police Chief Bob Wolf said.

The car cut through the crowd, hit a golf cart used by officials and stopped about 25 feet out in the Ohio River. Bowen was unconscious when he was pulled from the water, Wolf said.

Bowen and a juvenile passenger were among the 11 injured. Four of the injured, including Bowen, were airlifted to hospitals in Louisville, Ky., about 40 miles away, Wolf said. Their conditions were not available Sunday evening.

Seven people were treated and released at King's Daughter's Hospital in Madison, hospital spokeswoman Nadja Boone said.

Police do not know what caused the accident, but said charges may be filed.

Witness David Edds, of Owensboro, Ky., told The Associated Press he heard a loud noise and saw a car in the air.

"I saw one young lady just frozen in her path, just standing at the water's edge and the car ran directly over the top of her," he said.

Spectators rushed to help the injured, Edds said.

"There was just a trail of folks laying on the ground in the path of where the car had gone," he said.

The Madison Regatta's main event, the Indiana Governor's Cup, was canceled after the crash. The Associated Press left messages seeking comment with race officials.

Madison is in southeast Indiana, midway between Louisville, Ky., and Cincinnati. The annual race for unlimited hydroplanes draws thousands of people to the riverside community of about 13,000 every Fourth of July weekend.

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On the Net:

http://www.madisonregatta.com/


20 posted on 07/02/2006 9:46:13 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --- Help the "Pendleton 8' and families -- http://www.freerepublic.com/~normsrevenge/)
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