Police Investigating Whether Woman Was On 2nd Boat When Tug Sank in Hudson

Tarrytown, NY — Westchester County police are looking into whether the captain of the tugboat that sunk in the Hudson River in March had taken over helming a different boat while its captain was possibly with a woman below deck.

A witness came to light recently who said an unreported additional person had been on the second boat—the Realist—when the Specialist hit a barge and sank, killing three men, the Journal News is reporting.

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Paul Amon, 63, of Bayville, Nassau County, and Timothy Conklin, 29, of Westbury, NJ. Hernandez, 56, a Staten Island resident, were killed when the tugboat struck the barge March 12.

Amon and Conklin's bodies were quickly found. It wasn't until March 24 that the Specialist was raised by a crane and Hernandez's body was recovered.

For more on the story of the new investigation, as well as details on lawsuits filed by the families of the three men who died, read the Journal News article here.