Preliminary information is that Operator/owner/deceased had been going through alot of streeses in his life recently such as work related issues and his daughter had been comitted for drug abuse and according to his wife he liked to drink.  On the day of the accident the deceased went out with a friend for lunch and had a few beers with lunch.  They went out in his boat down the river to the "Tipsy Seagull - an establishment that serves alcohol" and had some more beers.  They were waiting to pick-up the victim's son from a camp that was being held nearby.  After they picked up the son the victim's friend piloted the boat to approximately 1 1/2 -2 miles upriver to the house because he said the victim had too much to drink.   They arrived back at around 8pm and the victim decided to go back out because he had some engine troubles that he wanted to work out.  Victim's friend advised him not to go out but he went anyway.  When asked if he knew how many drinks his friend had he said he did not know but that he left with a small coolor on board with beers in it.  Around 11:00pm a witness saw a small boat collide with an adjacent wall.  A call was placed to 911 and various agencies responded.  The boat with significant damage to its bow washed up ashore without the operator onboard.  When the victim's did not return home the victim's wife sent their son to look for him.  The son took out their other boat and found his father's drifting up the shoreline, with all the damage and emergency responders were arriving to the scene.  The body of the victim was recovered on 8/10/10.  Alcohol will likely be a factor but tox results have not come back as of yet.  Still ongoing investigation pre-liminary report at this time on 9/17/10.
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