Boater dead after collision near Westerly

[JohnR]

WESTERLY — A fisherman died Tuesday morning after his 25-foot vessel was involved in a collision with a much larger one in rough seas just southwest of Watch Hill Lighthouse.


The victim was identified by friends as 81-year-old Walter Krupinski, a longtime commercial rod-and-reel fisherman who sold his catch at Stonington Town Dock and sometimes filled in as dockmaster.




According to a release from the U.S. Coast Guard, reports of the collision came in from nearby boaters at about 10:18 a.m. Coast Guard Station New London dispatched two 45-foot response boats to the scene, and they were joined by first-responders, including a paramedic from the Westerly Ambulance Corps, aboard a Watch Hill Fire Department boat.

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