Second fatal boating accident haunts Wisniewski

TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WIVB)- When Timothy Wisniewski was charged in connection with last year’s fatal boating accident on Ellicott Creek Monday, it dredged up painful memories for another local family.
On April 23 of 1987, 26 year old Charlie Boehnke died in a boating accident on the Niagara River in Tonawanda. The only other person in the boat was Timothy Wisniewski. Back then, Wisniewski told Tonawanda Police that Boehnke was driving the boat when it struck something. Wisniewski managed to sw