North East, Md. -- A second fatal accident over the weekend in Cecil County waters came at approximately 3:40 p.m. Saturday after a boat capsized on the Elk River, just south of North East.
Randy Manning, 45, of Westminster, and three others had been anchored near the Chesapeake Isles community and were fishing, said Natural Resources Police spokesman Cpl. Steven P. Stauffer. They were on the way to Rouge's Harbor at Elk Neck State Park when their boat began taking on water and capsized.
Manning, who had been operating the boat, was in the water for approximately 15 minutes before he was pulled from the river. CPR was performed by bystanders and emergency services personnel, but Manning later died at Union Hospital in Elkton. The three other passengers in the boat were not harmed.
Cpl. Stauffer said an investigation of the accident is continuing, but said the boat was probably overloaded.
"The boat was rated for three people and 435 pounds, but there were four people, and the conservative estimate is that the weight exceeded 700 pounds," Stauffer said.
Another man drowned Friday in the Chesapeake City mooring basin. NRP said Robert Vernon Baron, 27, of Bear, fell into the water as he attempted to jump from a boat to a pier near the Chesapeake Inn.
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