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Old 09-26-2008, 08:48 AM   #131
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Originally Posted by Bear Islander View Post
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The defendant testified that shortly before the accident he was stopped to make a phone call and the black boat passed him with no lights on.

That means that when he took off at high speed a minute later he KNEW there was a black boat with no lights out in front of him!
Not trying to defend the guy, as clearly he was in the wrong. But in that article, I read that the boat passed him then turned away. My guess is that he thought the boat had continued on in another direction.
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