Boating accident

[5GallonBucket]

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[SmashMouth]

Damn!

[bullets13]

had someone get killed when their boat hit the same bridge back in may.  it's a dangerous spot.  this bridge is about 2 miles from my house, and I cross it all the time.  I was pretty shocked with the media coverage.  They had about 5x as much information on it as usual, which i appreciated since it was local.

[thetragichippy]

47 minutes ago, bullets13 said:

had someone get killed when their boat hit the same bridge back in may.  it's a dangerous spot.  this bridge is about 2 miles from my house, and I cross it all the time.  I was pretty shocked with the media coverage.  They had about 5x as much information on it as usual, which i appreciated since it was local.

Makes you think......While he was over the limit, seems his passenger was not paying attention.  The driver of the boat is in some serious trouble. 

[bullets13]

23 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

Makes you think......While he was over the limit, seems his passenger was not paying attention.  The driver of the boat is in some serious trouble. 

From what I know, the driver is a good guy. but even if the other guy wasn't paying attention, it's still the boat driver's responsibility to keep him safe. I'm hoping that the injured man makes a full recovery so that the impact on both families here will be reduced.

[5GallonBucket]

6 hours ago, thetragichippy said:

Makes you think......While he was over the limit, seems his passenger was not paying attention.  The driver of the boat is in some serious trouble. 

The passenger more than likely been drinking as well.

[5GallonBucket]

6 hours ago, bullets13 said:

From what I know, the driver is a good guy. but even if the other guy wasn't paying attention, it's still the boat driver's responsibility to keep him safe. I'm hoping that the injured man makes a full recovery so that the impact on both families here will be reduced.

Yeah he grew up in the HF area. He graduated a year ahead of me.

his dad is Bigfoot Hatcher   Does everything barefooted 

sad situation all the way around

[thetragichippy]

13 hours ago, 5GallonBucket said:

The passenger more than likely been drinking as well.

Terrible situation. I was so lucky back in my 20's and 30's. I've been on the water and drove boats all my life. Back in the day drinking was part of my boating and fishing routine.  I was fortunate to never even have a close call. 

Game wardens were a lot more lenient back then. I remember I was in a 14' aluminum boat with a 25hp merc. out in Buck Bay at Rayburn, honestly way too far from camp in that small boat.....get stopped by warden, ask to see in ice chest.....a BUNCH of empty beer cans (I've never littered), he said, looks like your catching those 12 ounce fish".......told me to be careful and took off.  Today I would of been arrested.

[SmashMouth]

2 hours ago, thetragichippy said:

Terrible situation. I was so lucky back in my 20's and 30's. I've been on the water and drove boats all my life. Back in the day drinking was part of my boating and fishing routine.  I was fortunate to never even have a close call. 

Game wardens were a lot more lenient back then. I remember I was in a 14' aluminum boat with a 25hp merc. out in Buck Bay at Rayburn, honestly way too far from camp in that small boat.....get stopped by warden, ask to see in ice chest.....a BUNCH of empty beer cans (I've never littered), he said, looks like your catching those 12 ounce fish".......told me to be careful and took off.  Today I would of been arrested.

Those 12 oz'ers fry up real nice though.