Authorities Release Names of Boaters Who Died on the Rappahannock

     Windmill Point, Va. -- Authorities have named th man and the woman who died Friday night, June 3, in a boating accident near the entrance to the Rappahannock River at Windmill Point.
     The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries said 37-year-old Catherine Smith Williams and 46-year-old Robert Andrews Taylor Jr. died in the accident. No other information was released about their identities.
     Reports indicate their 25-foot boat first hit a channel marker in Broad Creek. A 911 call from the man on the boat said the woman was hurt. Rescuers responding to the scene found Taylor had left the scene and the boat had hit a break wall.
     Speed is believed to be a factor in the crashes. The investigation is continuing.