Crime & Safety
Broadneck Student Dies in Sailing Accident
Broadneck High School freshman Olivia Constants died after a sailing accident in the Severn River on Thursday afternoon.
Annapolis resident and Broadneck High School freshman Olivia Constants died Thursday afternoon after a sailing accident in the Severn River.
The accident occurred around 3:15 p.m., when Constants was sailing with a group from the Severn Sailing Association offshore in the area of the U.S. Naval Academy grounds, according to Natural Resources Police spokesperson Art Windemuth.
Windemuth said it appears that the girl’s vessel capsized and in a preliminary investigation, it appears her harness became entangled in the rigging, preventing her from getting to the top of the water.
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The sailing school guide saw that Constants was underwater, reached her, and took her to shore, performing CPR, Windemuth said.
Constants was taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.
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