THIS CRASH OCCURED AS VESSEL 1 WAS OPERATED RECKLESSLY WHILE IMPAIRED. VESSEL 1 STRUCK A LARGE WAKE, CAUSING OPERATOR 1 TO FALL, THROTTLE UP, AND STRIKE A BREAKWATER. SEVERAL OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED, 7 OF THE 11 OCCUPANTS AND THE OPERATOR WERE NON-FATALLY INJURED, AND ONE OCCUPANT WAS FATALLY INJURED. The operator had been drinking.


SEVERAL PASSENGERS MADE STAEMENTS THAT THEY DID NOT TRUST OPERATOR 1'S DRIVING, BUT OPERATOR 1 REFUSED TO LET ANYONE ELSE OPERATE THEIR VESSEL. IT IS UNKNOWN HOW MUCH OR AT WHAT TIME OPERATOR 1 CONSUMED ALCOHOL, ONLY THAT IT WAS BUD LIGHT AND THE VESSEL HAD JUST LEFT A BAR. RECONSTRUCTION IS STILL PENDING.
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