RedactedNarrative: P1 was operating a boat with at least seven passengers on board.  P1 crashed into a concrete bulkhead casuing at least two of the passenger to be injured.  One of the victims had a lacerated and the other had a head laceration.  
  
  When deputies contacted P1, he appeared to be extremely intoxicated.  He was unresponsive to questions about being injured.  When he did speak, his speech was very slurred.  He was staggering when he was on land.  He had the strong order of intoxicants on his breath.  P1 claimed he was the opeartor of the boat.  P1 was not questioned because he repeatedly told deputies to call his lawyer.
  
  Five of the passengers I spoke to identiP1 as the operator of the boat at the time of the collision.  Four of those passengers said they saw P1 drinking beer while boating.  They also said P1 appeared to be impaired by alcoholic prior to the collision.  There were an additional four witnesses who did not see the collision.  They heard the crash and came out to the bulkhead to investigate.  They each identified P1 as the person behind the wheel of the boat.  They also said P1 appeared to be intoxicated.
NameOfBodyOfWater: Lake Tapps
NearestCityTown: Bonney Lake                   