(Photo: Visit Oshkosh)
OSHKOSH, Wis–The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office has made contact with the suspect owner/operator of a powerboat and two occupants who fled the scene of a hit and run crash on the Fox River Saturday night. A 45-foot boat struck the On the Loos Cruise paddle-wheeler between the Oregon Street and Wisconsin Street bridges just before 10:00 Saturday night. The powerboat then took off. Nicholas Werner, a server at nearby Becket’s restaurant, saw people on the cruise being rescued from the water………………..
One person on-board the paddlewheeler was taken to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries. Six others were treated at the scene. All 43-people on-board made it to shore safely. Authorities continue searching for the four remaining occupants of the powerboat.
