N.S. man dies after sailboat runs aground in Maine
A Nova Scotia man has died after the sailboat he was on ran aground in Maine earlier this week.
The state's Department of Marine Patrol says Thomas Kent Smith, 72, was sailing with a couple from New Hampshire early Monday morning.
The couple called 911 around 3 a.m. to report they were stranded on shore near Cape Ann Ledge on the southern end of Isle au Haut after the 40-foot sailboat they were on started to break apart on the rocks.
Marine Patrol responded and found the couple and Smith's body on shore around 5 a.m.
The couple reported they found Smith's body in the water after the boat broke apart and they were able to pull him to shore.
Marine Patrol says the couple reported they had all been in the water for more than an hour. They were also all wearing life jackets.
Smith's body will be examined at a funeral home in Ellsworth, about 33 kilometres outside Bar Harbour, by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
The couple were taken to Stonington where they were examined and released by emergency medical crews.
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