OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) - The owner of an Ocean City pontoon rental company has been charged in connection with the death of a 9-year-old boy who died after falling off a rented vessel.
Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thomson tells The Daily Times of Salisbury (https://delmarvane.ws/2jNjpTR ) that a criminal summons was issued Tuesday. It charges 33-year-old Tyler Barnes with negligent operation of a vessel, failure to have required safety equipment on board, and other offenses.
Thomson says on Aug. 18, Kaden Frederick of Howell, New Jersey, and his family rented a pontoon from Ocean City Watersports. Kaden fell into the water into Sinepuxent Bay and was hit several times by the vessel’s propeller.
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Thomson says Kaden was not wearing a life jacket.
Online court records do not list a lawyer for Barnes.
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Information from: The Daily Times of Salisbury, Md., https://www.delmarvanow.com/
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