Mobile woman killed, several injured in Baldwin County boat crash, ALEA says

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - A two-vessel crash Saturday night in Baldwin County left one woman dead and several others injured, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

ALEA said the crash happened around 8:10 p.m. Saturday, July 18 in the Intra-Coastal Waterway near Wolf Bay.

Investigators said Kristin Delaney, 46, of Mobile, was a passenger on a 27-foot 2024 Albury Brothers vessel when it collided with a 23-foot 2013 Key West vessel operated by Cameron Neil, 32, of Houma, Louisiana. Kristin Delaney was critically injured and taken to South Baldwin Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

ALEA said Brooks Delaney, 51, of Fairhope, another passenger on the Albury Brothers vessel, was injured and transported to Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola for treatment. The operator of the Albury Brothers vessel was identified as Drew Delaney, 49, of Mobile. Including the operator, eight people were on that boat at the time of the crash, according to ALEA.

On the Key West vessel, Neil was injured and transported to Sacred Heart Hospital for treatment, ALEA said. The agency also identified three injured passengers on that vessel as Talyn Faulkner, 25, of Raceland, Louisiana; John Lyle, 28, of Houma, Louisiana; and Rayford Reeves, 34, of Schiever, Louisiana. Including the operator, eight people were on the Key West vessel at the time of the crash, ALEA said.

ALEA said everyone involved who was not injured, along with both vessels, was taken to The Wharf docks in Orange Beach.

No additional information as ALEA’s Marine Patrol Division continues to investigate.