ON SPETEMBER 22, 2023 AT APPROXIMATELY 4:15PM IN TEXAS CITY TEXAS IN GALVESTON COUNTY NEAR THE TEXAS CITY DIKE, A SINGLE VESSEL INCIDENT OCCURED WITH FOUR OCCUPANTS ONBOARD. THE VESSEL WAS HEADING INTO THE LAST BOAT RAMP AT THE END OF THE TEXAS CITY DIKE, WHILE A SHIP TRAVELEING NORTH IN THE HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL CAUSED THE WATER LEVEL NEAR THE DIKE TO RECEDE RAPIDLY CAUSING THE VESSEL TO REST ON THE SEA FLOOR MOMENTARILY BEFORE THE WATER LEVEL RETURNED, CREATING A WAVE THAT CAPSIZED THE VESSEL. THE OWNER AND OPERATOR OF THE VESSEL, WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL AND SUSTAINED A BROKEN LEFT CLAVICAL, FRACTURED LEFT RIBS, AND FRACTURE TO SPINE. ANOTHER OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO THE FOREHEAD AND A LACERATION TO THE CALF PORTION OF HIS LEG. THE OTHER TWO OCCUPANTS DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES.
2180 GALVESTON BAY
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