Four Quebecers injured in boat crash off island in Puerto Rico: family member

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“The motorboat was clearly going too fast,” he told The Canadian Press from Puerto Rico. “The boat that hit us jumped onto the deck. The propellers of the motor struck my wife’s daughter, my mother-in-law, and the most damage was done to my father-in-law.”

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The crash occurred around 9:45 p.m. on July 25, a few minutes after the family, along with other tourists, boarded a tour boat headed towards Isla Magueyes, in Puerto Rico.

Boileau’s in-laws were transported to a local hospital by helicopter.

While his mother-in-law was treated and released, his father-in-law had to be taken to another hospital to be seen by a surgeon.

Boileau said the family waited more than 24 hours for his father-in-law to be seen by a doctor and that he was only treated after they called the Canadian Embassy for help.

“Only after the consular official showed up at the hospital did things start to move and they start to take care of him,” he said.

Boileau said his family is considering suing the operator of the motorboat and the agency that organized the night tour.

He said his stepdaughter has returned to Quebec but that the rest of the family is still in Puerto Rico because his father-in-law is waiting to be cleared by a doctor to travel.

The Canadian Press