Drag Boat Racer Dies After Vessel Flips
From Times Wire Services
A 47-year-old drag boat racer died Sunday when his vessel became airborne and flipped at Lake Ming during a sanctioned National Jet Boat Assn. race, a Kern County coroner’s deputy said.
Dale Wesley Anderson of Newport Beach died shortly before 11 a.m. at the Kern Medical Center, Deputy Coroner K. Noack said in a news release. Anderson, who was wearing a helmet, sustained multiple internal injuries.
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