OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Thurston County sheriff’s office says a 32-year-old Buckley man was killed after crashing his hydroplane at a Olympia regatta.
The Olympian reports that the crash happened Saturday at the Black Lake regatta. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital.The man was piloting a super-modified hydroplane, which Sgt. Cheryl Steines says can go as fast as 120 miles per hour.
The hydroplane race continued after the crash.
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Information from: The Olympian, http://www.theolympian.com
