Skiatook Lake boat crash kills Tulsa man

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By By World Staff
7/28/2007 11:05 PM

One Tulsa man was killed and another Tulsa man had his leg amputated after a cigarette boat ran over the top of the pontoon boat the two men were in Saturday night on Lake Skiatook.

The crash, which Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lake Patrol troopers were investigating, happened around 7:26 p.m. near Hominy Creek Bridge and Oklahoma 20, just west of Skiatook, said Trooper Kera Philippi.

When the cigarette boat, a type of boat that has a V-shaped hull and a high-powered engine often used for racing, ran over the pontoon boat, which had five people aboard, it killed Dean Gildersleeve, and amputated the leg of Tom Clayton, also of Tulsa, Philippi said. Ages of the men were not available.

Clayton was taken to St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, where he was undergoing surgery Saturday night.

Troopers did not report that anyone else was injured in the crash, including the other people in the pontoon boat and the driver of the cigarette boat.


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WHAT HAPPENED: VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING SOUTHEAST, OUT OF THE POSTED NO WAKE ZONE AT THE SH20 BRIDGE, AND SPEEDING UP TO GET ONTO PLANE. VESSEL #2 WAS ANCHORED DOWN SOUTHEAST OF THE SH20 BRIDGE. OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 STATED THAT HE DID NOT SEE VESSEL #2 UNTIL THE BOW OF HIS BOAT BEGAN TO LOWER AS HE PLANED OUT. OPERATOR OF VESSEL #1 STATED THAT HE TOOK EVASIVE ACTION TO THE LEFT (PORT) SIDE TO AVOID VESSEL #2 BUT IMPACT WAS IMMANENT. VESSEL #1 TRUCK VESSEL #2 IN THE RIGHT (STARBOARD) SIDE REAR (STERN) OF VESSEL #2, AND RAN OVER VESSEL #2 TO THE LEFT (PORT) CENTER STRIKING THE OPERATOR AND ONE PASSENGER OF VESSEL #2.

(Vessel 1) OPERATED BY RONALD DEAN GILDERSLEEVE, WHITE MALE, AGE: 57, OF TULSA, OK. PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER, FROM HEAD AND INTERNAL INJURIES. PASSENGER #1: THOMAS ALAN CLAYTON, WHITE MALE, AGE: 54, OF TULSA, OK TRANSPORTED BY SKIATOOK AMBULANCE TO ST. JOHN`S HOSPITAL, IN TULSA, OK.
ADMITTED IN STABLE CONDITION WITH AN INCAPACITATING LEG INJURY.

 

[Medic32]

ok did it kill the occupants of vessel 1 or vessel 2?

 

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The operator of Vessel 2 was standing at the time of the collison, and was struck in the thoracic area by the front hull of Vessel 1, pushing him to the floor of the boat (DOA); as Vessel 1 continued to travel diagonally across vessel 2, the passenger sitting across from the drivers seat turned his back and ducked away from Vessel 1, which pressed his right leg against the side of the seat support removing it from his body at the knee. The limb was not recovered.

 

[Medic32]

so should it say vessel 2 when it lists the deceased?

 

[car2back]

Whoops, typo on my part!

 

[Medic32]

ok makes much more sense now lol