AUGUSTA, ME - As the investigation into the Long Lake fatal boating crash continues, the Maine Warden Service and the Cumberland County District Attorney’s office are releasing several details surrounding the crash investigation.

On Saturday night, August 11, 2007 at approximately 9:00 p.m, a 32’ Sunsation boat with twin 435 horsepower engines was involved in a fatal collision with a 14’ Glasspar powered by a 115 horsepower outboard on Long Lake in Harrison.

The owner of the 32’ Sunsation was Robert Lapointe, age 38, of Framingham, Mass. In the Sunsation boat with Lapointe was 19-year-old Nicole Randall of Bridgton, Maine. The owner of the 14’ Glasspar was Terry Raye Trott, age 55 of Naples, Maine, and with him was 44-year-old Susanne Groetzinger of Berwick, Maine.

Yesterday, Game Wardens were at the crash site near Bear Point on Long Lake for the fifth straight day. After recovering the bodies of Trott and Groetzinger, Game Warden Scuba Divers were retrieving crash debris from the lake bottom. Game Wardens will reconstruct the crash as part of their investigation.

The State Medical Examiner conducted autopsies on Trott and Groetzinger yesterday.

After the collision Saturday night, the Sunsation boat continued towards shore, where it ended up onshore, 134’ 9” from the waters edge. Both Lapointe and Randall had been ejected from the boat and swam to shore, where they were treated by rescue personnel who were on scene. Game Wardens searched the area near the collision looking for survivors that night, but all that was found was the severely damaged Glasspar boat drifting amongst crash debris.

Game wardens are continuing their investigation, and once complete, will meet with the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office to discuss the findings of the investigation. No timeline has been set on when the investigation will conclude.