1970 Press Photo Coast Guard watches runaway speedboat in Lake Pontchartrain

A runaway speedboat churns up the water in Lake Pontchartrain as Coast Guard rescuers look for a man who was thrown from the boat and believed drowned. Another passenger in the boat was rescued. The craft was retrieved after it finally ran out of gas.

Photo is dated 1970.

Photo measures 10.25 x 8.25 inches.