O'LEARY BOAT TRAGEDY: Loved ones mourn, want answers after American killed
Liz Braun
Published:
August 28, 2019
Updated:
August 28, 2019 11:04 PM EDT
Gary Poltash. (Facebook)
Gary Poltash, 64, who died instantly in last week’s boating accident on Lake Joseph, was a successful chartered accountant with two children.
Poltash died August 24 when the boat he was on was struck by a boat belonging to Kevin O’Leary and his wife Linda. The smaller boat, which O’Leary claims was driven by Linda, went right over the bow of the other vessel, striking and killing Poltash.
Poltash had retired to Belleair Beach, a community near Clearwater, Fla., about three years ago, according to his older brother, Larry Poltash of California.
Gary Poltash grew up in Hawthorne, Calif., youngest in a Catholic family with three sons and a daughter. He attended Hawthorne High School and is a graduate of the University of South California. A CPA, Poltash worked for a large accounting firm for about a decade before branching out on his own with a business focused on property tax.
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His adult son and daughter, both described as “absolutely beautiful kids” by Larry Poltash, are in their 20s.
Reached by phone, Larry Poltash said his niece and nephew will be coming to Canada in a few days in hopes of finding out the facts in their father’s death. According to Poltash, the driver of the boat his brother was on is a medical doctor and someone he describes as “cool, calm and collected — he does not panic.”
Poltash said he takes some comfort in the knowledge that his brother’s death was instantaneous. He is counting on his strong faith to see him through this tragedy, but he and his family members still want answers about what happened to Gary Poltash.
Displaying a forgiving nature, Larry Poltash says he hopes it was all just a terrible accident. He sincerely hopes nobody on the O’Leary’s boat is guilty of any wrongdoing.
If they are, however, “they’ve got to do time.”
http://torontosun.com/news/local-ne...er-american-killed-in-oleary-boating-accident
Liz Braun
Published:
August 28, 2019
Updated:
August 28, 2019 11:04 PM EDT
Gary Poltash. (Facebook)
Gary Poltash, 64, who died instantly in last week’s boating accident on Lake Joseph, was a successful chartered accountant with two children.
Poltash died August 24 when the boat he was on was struck by a boat belonging to Kevin O’Leary and his wife Linda. The smaller boat, which O’Leary claims was driven by Linda, went right over the bow of the other vessel, striking and killing Poltash.
Poltash had retired to Belleair Beach, a community near Clearwater, Fla., about three years ago, according to his older brother, Larry Poltash of California.
Gary Poltash grew up in Hawthorne, Calif., youngest in a Catholic family with three sons and a daughter. He attended Hawthorne High School and is a graduate of the University of South California. A CPA, Poltash worked for a large accounting firm for about a decade before branching out on his own with a business focused on property tax.
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His adult son and daughter, both described as “absolutely beautiful kids” by Larry Poltash, are in their 20s.
Reached by phone, Larry Poltash said his niece and nephew will be coming to Canada in a few days in hopes of finding out the facts in their father’s death. According to Poltash, the driver of the boat his brother was on is a medical doctor and someone he describes as “cool, calm and collected — he does not panic.”
Poltash said he takes some comfort in the knowledge that his brother’s death was instantaneous. He is counting on his strong faith to see him through this tragedy, but he and his family members still want answers about what happened to Gary Poltash.
Displaying a forgiving nature, Larry Poltash says he hopes it was all just a terrible accident. He sincerely hopes nobody on the O’Leary’s boat is guilty of any wrongdoing.
If they are, however, “they’ve got to do time.”
http://torontosun.com/news/local-ne...er-american-killed-in-oleary-boating-accident