Officials with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency have released more information about a boat crash that left one woman dead and two others injured.
According to ALEA, 27-year-old Brittney Sherman of Wilmer was killed when the boat she was a passenger in hit another boat, which was being operated by a 52-year-old Wilmer man.
Officials said Brittney’s husband, 30-year-old Cody Sherman, was also a passenger in the boat. He and a 4-year-old were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
A 19-year-old Lucedale man was operating the boat that the family was in at the time of the crash.
Neither the 19-year-old nor the 52-year-old operator of the other boat was injured during the crash.
Brittney’s body was found on June 16, just before 11 a.m., about 100 yards from where she fell into the water.
The crash happened around 5:50 p.m. on Sunday, June 15.
The woman, identified as Brittney Sherman, reportedly fell overboard when the boat she was riding in collided with another boat Sunday evening.
Sherman was married and had four children, according to family members. Those family members said Sherman’s husband and one of their sons are being treated for injuries sustained during the incident.
Several agencies, including the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Daphne Search and Rescue, and Mobile Police, searched for Sherman and finally located her body just after 1 p.m. Monday near Steele Creek, according to officials.
“In total, we had seven partnering agencies out here assisting us through today,” Mobile Police Spokesman Blake Brown said.
ALEA is leading the investigation to find out why the two boats collided.
UPDATE (June 16, 1:50 p.m.): First responders involved in the search have confirmed the woman’s body has been recovered.
Family members have identified the woman as Brittney Sherman.
UPDATE (June 16, 11 a.m.): Mobile police continued search efforts Monday morning for a missing woman after a Sunday evening boating incident near Bayou Sara.
The incident happened several miles south of the Bayou Sara Boat Launch, and the Mobile Police Department responded around 5:35 p.m., according to an MPD spokesperson. Responding officers discovered that an adult female was missing in the water.
Crews from the MPD Marine Unit, MPD Underwater Search and Recovery Unit, Mobile Fire-Rescue, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Marine Patrol, Saraland Fire-Rescue, Daphne Search and Rescue, the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Flotilla, and Chickasaw Fire-Rescue searched the area until about 1 a.m. Monday.
Officials said ALEA assumed control of the search and the investigation Monday morning.
Officials thanked all partnering agencies for their assistance and resources during the search.
