Boat Goes Over St. Charles Dam

A boat in the Fox River ended up going over the St. Charles dam Saturday.

“A Stingray sport boat headed for the Hotel Baker, which is at 100 W. Main St., had motor failure, then got caught by the current and went over the dam sideways, “St. Charles Fire Chief Joe Schelstreet told the Suburban Life.

Emergency crews were called to the scene at 8:45 p.m. Saturday.

“The boat was located near the pedestrian bridge south of the Illinois Street bridge floating upright with the boat’s owner, a St. Charles resident, and his passenger inside,” the Tribune reported.

The St. Charles dam has a boil or a place where turbulant flow can trap a person.

In 2014, a 26-year-old man died while his 26-year-old boating partner survived by being rescued from the boil in neighboring Geneva. The two dams are designed similarly.