Authorities said Monday that a boater who reportedly ran away after the 65-foot boat he was operating collided with the side of the moored USS Midway on the San Diego Bay waterfront has been arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run and drunken boating.
Just before noon on Friday, the private yacht, piloted by 40-year-old Frank D. Anna, collided with the port-side hull of the retired aircraft carrier in the Embarcadero area, according to the San Diego Harbor Police Department.
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By the time authorities arrived, the Offshore Lifestyle had vanished, but port police subsequently located it close to the Coronado Ferry Landing, spoke with all seven occupants, and arrested D Anna.
The harbor police said no one was hurt in the crash, either on the boat or aboard the Midway, now a floating military museum.
