Newton's yacht sinking ruled an accident

The National Parks Service in the US has ruled last year's sinking of Las Vegas regular Wayne Newton's yacht an accident.

The sinking of veteran entertainer Wayne Newton's yacht has been ruled an accident.

The Las Vegas regular was on vacation when his 65-foot (19.8 metre) ship, named Rendezvous, was found at the bottom of Arizona's Temple Bar marina in October.

No passengers were onboard at the time of the incident, but National Park Service officials launched an investigation into the incident and they have now blamed a mechanical fault for the accident.

According to investigators, two hoses failed to drain water from a rear storage compartment, causing the 1996 vessel to sink.


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