On July 30, 2011 Offs. responded to a report of an overturned boat in Narragansett Bay with 4 males and one juvenile in the water.  When officers arrived on scene they pulled all five from the water.  One subject was transported to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.  The operator reported that they were headed south towards the Jamestown Bridge when he noticed that the boat was filling up with water.  The bilge pump was not working and the occupants could not bail the water fast enough.  When operator slowed the boat down it became swamped.  All subjects donned PFDs and jumped in the water.
NORTH KINGSTOWN               