Indians Boating Accident: 20 Years Later

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Twenty years ago, two Indians pitchers, Steve Olin, 27, and Tim Crews, 31, were killed on Little Lake Nellie in Clermont, Florida on March 22, 1993, when their motorboat crashed into a dock. A third Indians pitcher, Bobby Ojeda, suffered serious scalp injuries but survived.

For the 10th anniversary of the accident in 2003, Plain Dealer reporter Bob Dolgan took a look back at that tragic day.

Here is an excerpt from that story.