Yes, this boat was traveling at more than 25 MPH at 3am, with an underage drunk at the helm!
So, the 45/25 law would have prevented this how?
Where did an 18 year old get enough booze to get drunk? etc., etc.
50 feet on shore?
The Laconia Citizen reported 15 feet. So did the boat overshoot the island altogether?
No, This accident was a very bad thing.
A drunk teenager took his mother's boat and slamed into an island. Thank God they were not seriously hurt and no one on Eagle Island was hurt.
So what is the boy, Mom and the other folks on the boat, going to be charged with?
I have been keeping track of the accidents that "make the news" and this is the first one in NH involving a recreational powerboat. It is not the first boating accident in NH this year.
When I get back from vacation I will post my findings if Don does not object. I was going to wait until the end of the season to do it.
(I'll be at the lake from sometime tomorrow (Tuesday) until Sunday for anyone who would like to hail me)
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