Near collision for Washington ferry in fog
Oct 24, 2013, 1:30 PM | Updated: Sep 30, 2024, 11:04 am
SEATTLE (AP) — The Coast Guard says a Washington state ferry nearly collided with a fishing boat in the fog Thursday morning near Clinton.
Spokesman Jordan Akiyama in Seattle says the ferry Cathlamet had just left on its Puget Sound crossing to Mukilteo, about 10:35 a.m. when it nearly hit the 60-foot fishing boat near the Clinton terminal because of the poor visibility.
He says ferry passengers were told to brace for impact. The 328-foot ferry made a hard turn to avoid a collision then continued on its way.
“It looked like we got within 5 feet, but I’m assuming it probably was closer to 20 ft,” a passenger told KIRO Radio. “Scared the crud out of me!”
Akiyama says the fishing boat was in the wrong and did not have the automated identification system the Coast Guard uses to monitor vessel traffic.
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