More than a month after a tragic boat crash on the Niagara River, police are still searching for the body of businessman Jerome Williams, whose vessel struck a concrete water intake abutment on July 23rd. Officials fear his body may have been carried over Niagara Falls. His fiancée, Natalie M. Sansivero, was also on board and her body was recovered two days later about a mile downstream from the crash site.
The accident happened around 9:30pm when Williams’ 35-foot, triple-engine boat collided with a concrete intake structure owned by the Niagara Falls Water Board. The abutment sits near the North Grand Island Bridge, a quarter mile offshore and about three and a half miles from the brink of the falls.
Investigators are still trying to piece together what caused the collision. They are examining how such an experienced boater could have missed the large structure, what speed the vessel was traveling, and whether mechanical issues with the boat’s throttle, engines, or steering played a role…