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Man arrested in connection to fatal 2024 boat accident on Candlewood Lake

Man arrested in connection to fatal 2024 boat accident on Candlewood Lake

BROOKFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — A New York man was arrested on Sunday after an investigation into a fatal boating accident on Candlewood Lake in 2024, according to The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. 23-year-old Robert McDonald was charged with second-degree reckless endangerment and second degree reckless operation of a vessel. DEEP's Environmental Conservation Police said that on May, 29, 2024, officers received a call of an unresponsive woman. The initial complaint alleged that the woman, identified as Roselyn Blanco, 19, was a passenger on a boat tied to a dock and suffered injuries consistent with a propeller strike. She died from her injuries at the hospital. McDonald was released on $10,000 bond and will appear in Danbury court on May 15.

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