A trial is scheduled Thursday for a Gloucester, Mass., man on a charge of boat homicide by negligent operation in connection with a triple fatal accident in which the allegedly distracted skipper of a 63-foot powerboat ran over a 35-foot sailboat.

A trial is scheduled Thursday for a Gloucester, Mass., man on a charge of boat homicide by negligent operation in connection with a triple fatal accident in which the allegedly distracted skipper of a 63-foot powerboat ran over a 35-foot sailboat.