Man's body found under 38 feet of water after Fall River boat crash

FALL RIVER, Mass. — A Berkley man's body has been recovered from the bottom of the ocean after he was killed in a boat crash over the past weekend, according to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office.

Marc Hanoud, 35, had been missing for days after the fatal crash and officials said his body was finally recovered from 38 feet below the surface of the water.

Around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Hanoud's blue powerboat hit a large wave in Mount Hope Bay. The Coast Guard says a preliminary investigation shows the boat was hopping the wake of another boat at a high speed sending Hanoud and his passenger, 42-year-old Brent Osborne, into the water.

The boat then capsized. Both men were wearing life jackets.

Another boater found Osborne in the water near the boat dock of the Tipsy Seagull Bar.

"It was a boat that went by at the same time that the accident happened and took him out of the water and took him in," DeSousa said.

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Osborne was rushed to a local hospital where he died a short time later. Friends tell Boston 25 News that he leaves behind two children. Since the accident, people from across the region searched for Hanoud.

"As a boating community, everyone is always willing to lend a hand," one person said. "It's like everything else, when something tragic happens, everyone steps up and helps, it's simple."

But the Coast Guard said that after searching for more than a day, covering more than 83 square miles on the water by air and dive teams, they were suspending their efforts.

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