Red Rock Resorts Inc. and Station Casinos President Richard Haskins was riding a personal jet ski on Lake Michigan on Independence Day when he collided with a 27-foot speedboat and killed him, according to WZZM-TV.
The Emmet County Sheriff’s Office Maritime Division responded to the accident at 2:13 pm on Lake Michigan, near a small town on the northern tip of the state’s lowest peninsula. Emmet County is close to the Mackinac Bridge, which links Lower Michigan with its Upper Peninsula.
Haskins, 56, was heading north on a 2011 Sea-Doo jet ski and James Moffatt, 77, was heading west on a Magnum launch when they collided, according to WZZM.
Haskins was taken to a launch area and declared dead by first responders. Authorities are investigating.
A person from the Sheriff’s Office declined to confirm the details when contacted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Sunday.
The board of directors of Red Rock, the parent company of Station Casinos, plans to make more announcements about Haskins’ succession in the coming days, according to a statement issued by the company. Haskins, who joined Station Casinos in 1995 as general adviser to Midwest operations, had served as president of Red Rock Resorts and Station Casinos since October 2015, according to a company biography.
Bailey Schulz contributed to this report.
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