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July 7, 2008

Narragansett couple rescued after boat explosion

A Narragansett couple were rescued from a boat about a mile off Point Judith Sunday by Good Samaritans who saw an explosion and came over to help, the Coast Guard said.

The explosion, shortly before noon, came from the boat’s console area, injuring Richard and Alicia Derise, said Chief Wendy MacLean, of the Coast Guard’s Woods Hole station. The couple were transported to shore aboard the Piper’s Dream with a Coast Guard escort and were taken to South County Hospital, MacLean said.

Alicia Derise, 61, was later transported to Rhode Island Hospital and was in fair condition this afternoon, a Rhode Island Hospital spokeswoman said. Richard Derise, 59, did not need to be admitted as a patient.

The state Department of Environmental Management towed the damaged boat to a warehouse facility at Quonset Point in North Kingstown and is investigating the cause of the explosion, said Gail Mastrati, a DEM spokeswoman.

-- Journal staff writer Randal Edgar

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