Dale City man drowns
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Fire and Rescue and police personnel speak with boaters at Hospital Point near the location where a 49-year-old Dale City man and his 15-year-old daughter struck a steel fender surrounding a bridge piling of a CSX Railroad bridge on Monday in Quantico Creek next to the Quantico Marine Corps base. The man’s body was recovered from the creek at 3:15 p.m. Monday.
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By KEITH WALKER
Published: August 25, 2008
Police have identified the 49-year-old Dale City man who died in a boating accident Monday morning, said Officer Erika Hernandez, Prince William police spokeswoman.
Police were called to the scene at about 11 a.m. and recovered the body William K. Wordham, of 13236 Orkin Lane in Dale City, at about 3:15 p.m.
Wordham and and his 15-year-old daughter were boating near Hospital Point on Quantico Creek when the girl, who was operating the 18-foot fishing boat, ran into one of the fenders that surround the pilings of the railroad bridge across the creek, Hernandez said.
Wordham was ejected from the boat upon collision. The girl remained in the boat and was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Members of the Prince William County Police Department dive team recovered the body, Hernandez said.
The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, the U.S. Coast Guard and Fairfax County Fire and Rescue along with rescue units from Charles County, Md., assisted in the search, Hernandez said.
Wordham and the girl were not wearing flotation devices, Hernandez said.
The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries is conducting the investigation and has not determined how fast the boat was traveling, Hernandez said.
Keith Walker can be reached at 703-369-6751.
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