3 Remain Hospitalized After Boating Mishaps
Three San Fernando Valley men whose small boats capsized over the weekend in the turbulent surf along the Ventura County coast remained hospitalized Monday.
Jerome Burton, 44, of Canoga Park was listed in critical condition at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard.
He was injured after his 23-foot fiberglass boat, Happy Daze, capsized Sunday off Hollywood Beach near Oxnard.
Meanwhile, Charles Mayle, 72, of Calabasas, whose boat overturned near Surfers Point in Ventura on Sunday, was listed in serious condition at Ventura County Medical Center.
His companion, John Ballard, 31, of Woodland Hills, was listed in fair condition.
According to officials, both boats overturned within 150 yards of shore because of unusually high, six-foot swells caused by a winter storm at sea.
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