Heart Attack Kills Boater After Collision
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A man died after his sailboat collided with a yacht and sank in Long Island Sound near New Haven.
Joachim Schulz-Heik, 61, went into cardiac arrest after his 35-foot sailboat went down after colliding with a 120-foot motorized yacht about 12:45 a.m. in heavy fog, said Coast Guard spokesman Robert Bilbo.
All three people onboard the sailboat were pulled from the water by the yacht’s crew, Bilbo said. Schulz-Heik then started having breathing problems and chest pains. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.
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