Two men have been killed after they fell out of a 36-foot catamaran on the Potomac River Saturday, according to Maryland Department of Natural Resources police.
The crash happened about noon near Fairview Beach in King George County, Virginia.
Police have identified the boaters as James A. Melley, 49, of Buford, Georgia, and Garth Thomas Tagge, 61, of Atlanta. Melley was driving the boat, and Tagge was the throttleman, police said.
A spokesperson for police said the boat involved in the crash is capable of going 190 mph, and police are trying to figure out if the men were racing the boat.
"MD NRP did not sanction a race, but it looks like it occurred at the Potomac River Radar Run," the spokesperson said in a statement.
It is not known at this time how fast the boat was going when it crashed. The boat has an open cockpit, the spokesperson said.
The victims' bodies will be taken to the medical examiner's office for autopsies as police continue to investigate.
