A Steilacoom public safety officer investigating a boating crash near Chambers Bay walked along railroad tracks toward an approaching man in the distance as ambulance sirens rang in the background.
Jarod Kelpman, 50, and his teenage son had been in a speeding motor boat that had just struck a piling in front of the railroad bridge that crosses the entrance into the bay, according to court documents. A shaken Kelpman, wearing only shorts and covered in blood, expressed concern for the boy.
“I just want to make sure my son’s OK,” Kelpman said when he reached the officer and then leaned over with his hands above his knees. “Oh, my God. I can’t lose my son.”…