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Boat Captains Arrested After "Drunken" Crash

2010_06_greatsouth.jpg Two people were arrested for boating while intoxicated after their boats collided off Long Island. The Daily News reports, "Katherine Martin, 28, busted her jaw, ribs and collarbone when her 17-foot Boston Whaler smashed into her drinking buddy's boat off the shores of Amityville at about 12:15 a.m., cops said. All five of Martin's passengers were tossed into the Great South Bay when she crashed into the 18-foot craft piloted by" Eric Meyer. One of Martin's passengers also broke his ribs. According to Newsday, it's believed that Martin and Meyer were drinking at Amityville bar Toomey's Tavern on the Crik; a manager "said Saturday that everyone he saw leave the establishment Friday and board a boat was 'capable to drive.'"

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  • believe in karma

    The Larson crashed into the whaler I was on it the whaler was driving in a straight line we it was t boned by the larson and then capsized. how could it even logistically make sense for a boat that was capsized to crash into the other boat? it is because it didn't. I trust in God and That the Legal system will know the truth.

  • Dani543

    Maybe you were too drunk to realize and "it is because it didn't" makes no sense at all. Trust in God when YOU tell the truth and stop judging others.

  • r1b2

    Natural selection almost delivered.

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