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TONIGHT WE'VE LEARNED THE NAME
OF A TIVERTON WOMAN --- KILLED
IN A BOATING ACCIDENT THIS
WEEKEND.
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THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT SAYS -----60 YEAR OLD
SANDRA TARTAGLINO
WAS KILLED----- WHEN A POWER
BOAT STRUCK THE CATAMARAN SHE
WAS RACING IN THE WATERS
BETWEEN------ NEWPORT AND
JAMESTOWN YESTERDAY.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER KIM
KALUNIAN SPOKE WITH THOSE WHO
KNEW SANDRA.
KIM JOINS US NOW WITH WHAT
THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THE LEGACY
SANDRA LEAVES BEHIND.
KIM?
MIKE, SHANNON - SANDRA WAS A
PIONEER FOR WOMEN IN HER SPORT -
GETTING INVOLVED WITH THE
GRUELING WORRELL 1000 REGATTA
AND FORCING THEM TO RETHINK
THEIR SLOGAN: "IRON MEN PLASTIC
BOATS." TONIGHT THOSE WHO KNEW
HER - ARE REMEMBERING HER
ATHLETIC GRIT - AND HER GENTLE
WAY.
Sweet kind giving and just so
generous of her time
THOSE WHO KNEW 60 YEAR OLD
SANDRA TARTAGLINO SAY SHE WAS A
SPECIAL WOMAN - FRIENDLY AND
INCLUSIVE - A LIFELONG ATHLETE
WHO COMPETED IN SOME OF THE MOST
GRUELING SAILING COMPETITIONS IN
THE WORLD - INCLUDING THE
WORRELL 1000. WE SPOKE THE
REGATTA'S PRINCIPAL RACE OFFICER
OVER THE PHONE
She and a couple of the other
women they got into the event
early on they changed the nature
of the event and really showed
that women absolutely can
compete in those incredibly
challenging conditions just as
well as any man.
ON SUNDAY TARTAGLINO WAS
COMPETING IN THE NEW ENGLAND 100
- AN EVENT SHE HELPED BRING TO
LIFE 30 YEARS AGO.
SHE AND A CREWMATE WERE SAILING
A CATAMARAN WHEN THE DEM SAYS A
POWERBOAT STRUCK HER VESSEL -
SHE WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN THE
WATER AND LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD.
You know, to say that she died
doing what she loved there's
still a little bit of a bitter
bite to that when you know it
was a preventable accident.
WILLIAMS SAYS POWERBOATERS
OFTEN DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WAY
CATAMARANS MANEUVER -
THE DEM HAS RULED OUT ALCOHOL AS
A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR BUT HASN'T
SAID WHAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE
CRASH.
THE DEM SAYS THEY ARE CONTINUING
TO INVESTIGATE - THEY PLAN TO
ISSUE A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON
THE COLLISION BEFORE THE END OF
THE WEEK. IN NEWPORT, KIM
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TONIGHT WE'RE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO WAS KILLED
IN A BOATING ACCIDENT IN NEWPORT
THIS WEEKEND.
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THE DEM SAYS ----60 YEAR OLD
SANDRA TARTAGLINO
OF TIVERTON DIED ---AFTER A
POWERBOAT STRUCK THE CATAMARAN
SHE WAS SAILING.
IT HAPPENED DURING THE NEW
ENGLAND---- 100 REGATTA OFF THE
COAST OF FORT ADAMS STATE PARK.
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THAT'S WHERE WE FIND EYEWITNESS
NEWS REPORTER KIM KALUNIAN, LIVE
IN NEWPORT --- KIM?
THIS WAS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE REGATTA - AND TARTAGLINO WAS
HERE FOR THE VERY FIRST ONE BACK
IN 1989. TONIGHT SHE'S BEING
REMEMBERED AS A KIND, GIVING
WOMAN - AND A FIERCE COMPETITOR
ON THE WATER.
THOSE IN THE SAILING COMMUNITY
WISHING FAIR WINDS AND A
FOLLOWING SEA TO 60 YEAR OLD
SANDRA TARTAGLINO -
THE TIVERTON WOMAN WAS KILLED
WHEN A POWERBOAT STRUCK THE
CATAMARAN SHE WAS SAILING
SUNDAY, ACCORDING TO THE DEM.
You know, to say that she died
doing what she loved there's
still a little bit of a bitter
bite to that when you know it
was a preventable accident
JOHN WILLIAMS THE PRINCIPAL RACE
OFFICER OF THE WORRELL 1000
REGATTA SAYS TARTAGLINO HELD HER
OWN IN SOME OF THE MOST GRUELING
SAILING COMPETITIONS IN THE
WORLD , BREAKING THE GLASS
CEILING FOR WOMEN IN THE SPORT.
They changed the nature of the
event and really showed that
women absolutely can compete in
those incredibly challenging
conditions just as well as any
man.
SUNDAY WAS THE FINAL DAY OF THE
NEW ENGLAND 100 IN NEWPORT - THE
DAY OF CATAMARAN RACING TO BE
CAPPED OFF WITH AN AWARDS
CEREMONY - INSTEAD ENDED IN
TRAGEDY.
NEWS OF TARTAGLINO'S DEATH -
RATTLING THE TIGHT-KNIT SAILING
COMMUNITY.
Phones are ringing all over the
world because she just had such
a large community of friends
through this sport that she
loved.
AND THOUGH SHE CALLED TIVERTON
HOME TARTAGLINO DID INDEED SAIL
ALL OVER THE WORLD EVEN IN THE
QUALIFIERS FOR THE OLYMPICS. THE
DEM SAYS THE CAUSE OF THE
COLISSION THAT CLAIMED HER LIFE
REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION
THOUGH THEY SAY ALCOHOL DOES NOT
APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR. IN
NEWPORT KK EWN.