Manalapan: Woman dies in Manalapan boat crash

A Lantana woman died Sept. 1 after being ejected from a boat in the Intracoastal Waterway off Point Manalapan.
Karen Roberts, 42, was a passenger with two other people on a 19-foot Dusky center console when the boat took a sudden right-hand turn in rough water and crashed into a dock in the 1700 block of Lands End Road.
The boat was headed north around 4 p.m. when the accident occurred, according the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, which is investigating the accident.
The boat’s operator, Christopher Jones, 43, of Lantana, and Roberts were thrown overboard. A third person, Tandi Poehl, 50, of West Palm Beach was thrown into the front of the boat.
Roberts was transported by helicopter to Delray Medical Center where she died. Poehl was taken to a hospital for treatment but later released.Jones was not injured.
No charges had been filed in the case as of Sept. 3.

                                      — Staff report

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