Father and five-year-old son died instantly in Ġnejna boating tragedy, autopsy finds<\/p>\n
Gregory O’Brien, 43, and his five-year-old son Logan died instantly after the dinghy they were travelling in was struck by a boat off Ġnejna Bay early on Sunday, an autopsy has concluded.<\/p>\n
The post-mortem examination found that both father and son suffered catastrophic injuries to the head, brain, neck and chest after being hit by the fishing boat’s propellers.<\/p>\n
The tragedy unfolded at around 1am on Sunday as the pair were travelling in a dinghy after boarding it from a larger vessel anchored offshore. The dinghy was hit by a fishing boat being steered by a 43-year-old man from Rabat.<\/p>\n
Civil Protection Department personnel recovered the bodies from the sea shortly after the collision. The dinghy sustained extensive damage in the impact.<\/p>\n
Gregory O’Brien, who operated a boatyard in Xemxija, was well known and respected within Malta’s boating community.<\/p>\n
Logan’s primary school in St Paul’s Bay described the five-year-old as a cherished member of its school family, expressing its sorrow at the devastating loss.<\/p>\n
Magistrate Joe Mifsud is leading a magisterial inquiry into the incident.<\/p>\n
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