Fishermen dive for safety to avoid boat crash
Updated | By Damon Beard
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, it's just a terrifying crash about to happen in 3, 2, 1...
It’s a lazy afternoon and you’re doing some chilled fishing. You throw in another line and you happen to see another boat in the water heading your way.
No need to panic - just yet, that is. Then the boat looks like it’s heading straight towards you, but you wait. Surely they can see you, right?
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Unfortunately for these fishermen in Oregan, USA, instead of dashing to catch fish, they had to dash for safety to avoid a speedboat that was heading towards them.
Camera footage captured the three fishermen out on a river, enjoying a relaxed time when in the distance a speedboat was quickly making its way to them. They tried waving and screaming to alert the boat in the distance, but nothing worked as the boat rammed into them.
Read: Fisherman gets more than he bargained for
According to ABC Action News, it is said that the 75-year-old boat driver found himself being distracted by his cellphone and didn't pay careful attention to what was in front of him. A lawsuit was filed last August.
This looks like something out of an action movie:
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