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A Richmond man who was the son of a prominent Stafford County businessman was found dead Sunday after his boat struck a pier at Monroe Creek in Colonial Beach.

Brian McCarty, 44, was ejected from an 18-foot Neptune center console during the collision early Sunday morning, according to Laurie Naismith, a spokeswoman with the Virginia Marine Resources Commission. Officers from Charles City, Md., recovered his body from the water shortly before 5 p.m. that day, she said.

McCarty was the son of Frank McCarty, who in 1970 founded White Oak Equipment in southern Stafford.

The Virginia Marine Police is still investigating the incident. McCarty appears to have been traveling north at a “higher rate of speed” when he hit the pier, which is owned by the Monroe Point condo neighborhood, Naismith said.

The body was transported to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Richmond.

Naismith said the agency does not know whether anybody else was in the boat, but police continued to search the area Monday.

McCarty was the manager of White Oak Equipment’s branch in Glen Allen, according to the company’s website.