The captain, who was at the helm of a 60-foot luxury yacht when it collided with a 23-foot powerboat in waters off the coast of Westerly and killing a Norwalk man pleaded guilty Tuesday to seaman’s manslaughter. The Sept. 22, 2015 collission resulted in the death of Walter S. Krupinski, 81. Krupinski the only person onboard the powerboat, the Peggy K. Cooper “Chick” Bacon, 79, of Cape May, N.J., was piloting the unregistered yacht, the Princess 60, from an indoor salon when it struck the powerboat. Bacon had been hired to pilot the Princess 60 from Newport, R.I., to a boat show in Stamford, Conn.
from News https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Captain-pleads-guilty-in-Norwalk-man-s-boating-13350741.php
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