Article: NSW: Group on runabout did not see fishing boat before collision


AAP General News (Australia)
05-02-2008
NSW: Group on runabout did not see fishing boat before collision

SYDNEY, May 2 AAP - A group of young people on a runabout did not see the other boat
before a fatal collision on Sydney Harbour, a survivor says.

One of the survivors has told relatives that he heard a bang before ending up in the water.

Michael Tsimnadis, 32, was one of 14 young people on an overcrowded 23-foot half-cabin
boat which collided with a larger fishing boat about 2.40am (AEST) yesterday.

Helen Tsimnadis, Michael's mother, said her son almost drowned.

"He said they heard a bang they didn't see the other boat and the next thing my son
was in the water," Ms Tsimnadis ...

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