Crime & Safety

Watch as Police Boat Crashes Into 2 Other Vessels

Video shows accident involving police boat at Georgetown waterfront.


Two vessels were struck and one of them partially sunk after a District of Columbia police boat made a U-turn into them, according to news reports.

Witnesses said a harbor patrol boat was making a U-turn Saturday evening about 7 p.m. when it struck the boats docked at the Georgetown waterfront, according to WTOP. No one was hurt in the crash.

One boat was flipped on its side and was left partially underwater along the waterfront overnight, the station reported.

The U.S. Coast Guard and D.C. police are investigating.


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