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New York Governor to Propose State Regulation After Fatal Tour Boat Accident

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday she wants the state to have regulatory authority over boats that operate in caves and similar waterways following a fatal tour boat accident in an underground water tunnel off the Erie Canal. The Office of …

Lockport Tour Boat Capsized Before; Passenger Recounts Ordeal

Soon after a tour boat flipped over during a tour of a dimly lit cavern system, leaving one passenger dead, members of another group recalled a similar experience while taking the same tour eight years ago and questioned whether anything …

Erie Canal Tourist Boat Capsizing in New York Takes 1 Life

One person was killed and multiple people were sent to local hospitals after a boat capsized Monday during a tour of an underground cavern system built to carry water from the Erie Canal beneath the western New York city of …