Livorno: pilot boat and yacht collide, one dead
The small boat capsized and the driver was recovered lifeless. The causes of the accident are still to be verified
A man died in the collision outside the port of Livorno between a pilot boat and a 50-metre yacht. The causes of the accident are still to be verified. The collision occurred less than a mile from the entrance to the port of call, at around 2.30pm.
In the collision, the pilotine capsized and the driver of the small boat died. The body was recovered from the water when there was nothing more to be done. The harbour master's office with tugs was immediately on the scene.
The victim is a seaman of about 30 years of age. According to information, the pilot of the yacht had already boarded the vessel, when the pilot boat driven by the 30-year-old man, who had just carried out the transhipment, for causes still under investigation by the harbour master's office, first went overboard, then only remained afloat with the bow. Although rescue services were immediately alerted, the man was recovered from the sea lifeless.
