  Examiner: Boat accident victim died of trauma, not drowning
Categories: Crime & Courts  The West Des Moines man killed in a
Father’s Day boating accident died from multiple blunt force
trauma, according to the Polk County Medical Examiner’s Office,
but officials are still working to determine precisely what
caused the injuries.  The June 17 collision between two boats
happened on the Des Moines River, upstream from Birdland Marina
on Des Moines’ north side, not far from North High School. The
boats were apparently traveling in opposite directions between
the Sixth Avenue and Second Avenue bridges.  Kelly Starrett, 49,
was taken to a Des Moines hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Starrett, a local musician and a grandfather, was apparently
part of a family outing for Father’s Day when the accident
happened.  The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is still
investigation the crash, officials said. They are working to
determine the cause of the collision and how Starrett sustained
the injuries that led t