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June 23, 2010

Maryland records fourth boating fatality of the season

Search-and-rescue crews recovered the body of a Chestertown waterman this morning after his empty boat was found last night near his pound nets on the Chester River.

Stephen Leonard Cohey, 56, is the state's fourth boating fatality of the year.

Natural Resources Police, Coast Guard aviation and marine units and rescue squads from Kent and Queen Anne’s counties launnched a serach after Cohey failed to return to Kennersly Marina.

His boat was quickly located and this morning rescuers found his body about one-quarter mile south of his pound nets.

The body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy. The NRP Special Operations Division is continuing an investigation to determine the cause of the accident.

Posted by Candus Thomson at 11:18 AM | Permalink

About Candus Thomson

In a world of paper vs. plastic and candy mint vs. breath mint, my early memories involved a debate about the merits of freshwater vs. saltwater.

On the one hand, a great uncle’s fishing cabin on the Susquehanna River beckoned, but so did family gatherings on the Jersey Shore.

The correct answer, thankfully, was, “both.”

As The Sun’s outdoors writer for more than a decade, I’ve fished across Maryland in one day, hiked the width of the state in one hour, camped overnight in the median of I-95 to experience the wildlife between the fast lanes and chased mountain bikers in a 24-hour marathon race.

Those are some of the highlights. I’ve also fallen in a raging Gunpowder River during a trout survey (photo available upon request), had a shark spill its guts on my clothes and been stuck in a sub-freezing Vermont wilderness with men armed with flintlocks and hatchets, shuffling along on ancient wooden snowshoes.

And, in my travels I’ve met lots of you, who share a love of the outdoors and the good times and mishaps that go along with it.

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