VESSEL #1 WAS TRAVELING UPRIVER WELL AFTER DARK. VESSEL #2 WAS TRAVELING DOWN RIVER AND THEY COLLIDED. VESSEL #2 LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. THE OPERATOR OF BOAT #1 APPEARED INTOXICATED HOWEVER A NEW LOCAL PD OFFICER DID NOT KNOW HE COULD ARREST AND LET THE DEFENDANT GO. DNR WAS NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
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