Windsor Woman Identified As 4th Victim In Bodega Bay Boating Accident

The Sonoma County coroner’s office has identified a woman who was among four people who died in a boating accident in Bodega Bay last Saturday as 56-year-old Christine Puetz of Windsor.

Puetz and four men were aboard a privately owned 32-foot fishing boat that capsized when a wave hit the port side of the vessel on the west side of Bodega Rock.

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All five were thrown into the water.

Jessie Daniel Langley, 79, of Bodega Bay, Samuel Garcia, 86, of Bodega Bay, and David Costa, 60, of Ripon also died, according to the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office.

Philip Sanchez, 66, of Bodega Bay, was able to cling to Bodega Rock and survived the accident. He was rescued by the crew from the sheriff’s office’s helicopter Henry 1.

None of the five on board were wearing life vests although they were available on the boat, sheriff’s Sgt. Cecile Focha said.

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It is not believed that alcohol or drugs played any part in the incident, Focha said. The sheriff’s helicopter and the U.S. Coast Guard responded to the incident around 10 a.m. Saturday.

The group had left Bodega Bay around 8:30 a.m. to catch crab, Focha said.

--Bay City News

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