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Watch Now: Local Agencies Hold Press Conference on Botany Bay Helicopter Crash
Staff Consortium | February 17, 2021
ST. THOMAS — The U.S. Coast Guard's 7th District, which covers the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico along with Florida and some other states, has announced that the Coast Guard's air and surface crews rescued a diver in distress Monday just off Dutchcap Cay in St. Thomas. Rescued is a man, a U.S. citizen reported to be in his 60’s, after he went missing during a diving trip with his wife and friends aboard the sailing vessels Divine and Playtime off the west side of Kalkun Cay, the Coast Guard said. Coast Guard watchstanders in Sector San Juan received a VHF Channel 16 radio call from the vessel Playtime at 12:50 p.m. reporting both sailing vessels were searching with their dinghies for a missing diver last seen about an hour and half before. The rescued man went out on a 100-foot dive with three other divers, who did not see him resurface.…
ST. THOMAS — Electrical service was restored to all customers in the St. Thomas St. John district at…
ST. CROIX — A Coast Guard boat crew assisted two boaters in distress aboard the sailing vessel Destination…
ST. THOMAS — V.I. Police Department officers are investigating a possible drowning incident that occurred…
Motorcyclist Dies During Accident in St. Thomas
Staff Consortium March 26, 2021ST. THOMAS — A man succumbed to injuries sustained during a vehicular accident on Thursday night at…
Limetree Bay Says Incident in February Caused…
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Update: Carambola Resort Says Man Drowned at…
Staff Consortium February 28, 2021ST. CROIX — The Carambola Beach Resort said Tuesday that a man who washed up on its shores near some…
Coast Guard for USVI and PR Comes to Rescue of…
Staff Consortium February 26, 2021U.S. Coast Guard 7th District for Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands air and surface units assisted…
Caribbean Buzz, the company which owned the helicopter that went down at Botany Bay on Monday afternoon, killing all four individuals aboard, including the pilot, said in a release Tuesday night that ...
Following the tragic helicopter crash in Botany Bay Monday afternoon that left at least four people dead, among them a family of three, the territory's leaders, including Governor Albert Bryan and Lie...
Country music star and regular visitor to the U.S. Virgin Islands, Kenny Chesney, in a post on Facebook Monday evening said he was saddened by the death of Maria Rodriguez, the pilot of the helicopter...
ST. THOMAS — A helicopter crashed at Botany Bay Monday afternoon and left at least four individuals dead, the Consortium can confirm. A Consortium reporter as of 6:32 p.m. was in the vicinity of th...
ST. CROIX — A 66-year-old man succumbed to injuries sustained after he was struck by a vehicle last week Tuesday, announced V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima on Monday. According to...
ST. JOHN — A St. John man succumbed to injuries sustained during a traffic collision Tuesday night, V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima has announced. According to news release, on Tues...
ST. CROIX — V.I.P.D. officers and other emergency personnel found the body of a Caucasian male floating in the seawater at the Christiansted Wharf Thursday night, police spokesman Toby Derima has co...
ST. THOMAS — An elderly man reported missing Sunday was found dead on a beach in St. Thomas early Monday. According to V.I.P.D. Public Information Officer Toby Derima, on Sunday at roughly 5:17 p.m...
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