Engr. Diggol announced that the government had approved the distribution of life jackets to the affected communities as part of its commitment to reducing boat accidents that continue to endanger ...

Alexander Williams has been visiting Smith Mountain Lake since he was a kid and decided to to an Eagle Scout service project ...

The Columbia Police Department on Thursday issued a reminder that the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission requires all boaters to wear life jackets during the cold-water boating season ...

U.S Coast Guard Statistics show three out of every four boaters who died in a boating accident drowned, and of those, 87% were not wearing a life jacket. “Annual drownings in the United States ...

"They said that life jackets would get in the way of their tanning," Alfino added of the women, who were attending a party held on the ill-fated boat. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's ...

The captain told police he tried desperately to save his passengers, but the two victims refused to wear their life vests on the boat, believing it would impact their photos and tans, according to ...