Parole Teen Dies in Sailing Accident

Paorle resident and Broadneck High School freshman Olivia Constants died Thursday afternoon after a sailing accident on the Severn River.

The accident occurred at about 3:15 p.m. Natural Resources Police spokesperson Art Windemuth said Constants, who lives off of Bestgate Road near Westfield Annapolis mall, was sailing with a group from the Severn Sailing Association offshore in the area of the Naval Academy.

He said it appears her vessel capsized and the preliminary investigation indicates Constants' harness became entangled in the rigging, preventing her from getting out of the water.

The sailing school guide saw that Constants was underwater, reached her, and took her to shore, performing CPR, Windemuth said.

She was taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.