The body of a tugboat crew member who had been missing since the boat sank May 11 was recovered yesterday, Coast Guard officials said.
Steve Pollert, 45, of Suffolk, Va., was believed trapped inside the tugboat when it capsized while towing a sugar barge around a bend at the mouth of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal near Delaware City, Del.
Five crew members survived the accident.
Coast Guard and Delaware State Police officials said yesterday that the body was discovered on board about 11 a.m. in a hallway near the mate's quarter on the second level of the boat.
State troopers removed the body and turned it over to the state medical examiner's office to determine the cause of death.
