Suffolk County Police are searching for a missing boat passenger who fell into the water following a crash. A boat appears to have struck a jetty in the Brown's River Corridor in the Great South Bay at approximately 1:20 a.m. and one passenger fell into the water and is missing. The operator and another passenger were transported to the hospital with injuries.
A ferry boat from Sayville Ferry Serice was on the scene and crew members helped with the intial search for the missing boater using their spotlight.
A ferry worker on a regularly scheduled boat had witnessed the accident and alerted the Ferry captain en route to docking on Brown's River.
The investigation is continuing.
UPDATE
Suffolk County Police today arrested a Farmingville man for boating while intoxicated after the boat he was operating struck a jetty in Sayville and one of his passengers went overboard and remains missing.
Jack Benjamin was operating a 2003 Parker center console boat in the Great South Bay when the vessel struck a jetty at the end of Browns River Road at 1:23 a.m.
A 25-year-old male passenger, who was not wearing a life jacket, was thrown overboard. Suffolk County Police officers, personnel from multiple fire departments and the United States Coast Guard conducted a search for the man, who remains missing. Marine Bureau officers are continuing to search.
Benjamin and a female passenger were transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore where they were treated and released. Three other passengers were not injured.
Benjamin, 25, of 1021 Old Medford Ave., Farmingville, was charged with Boating While Intoxicated. He will be held at the Fifth Precinct and will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on July 6.
The boat was impounded.
UPDATE
The body of the missing man was recovered by Suffolk Marine Bureau at approximately 1:45 pm on Tuesday, July 6.
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