Reply With Quotei just posted up a thread earlier in the west asking about this stupid shit..thanks for the post!!... the hard lesson peeps have to learn feel sorry for both partys involved...
SONOMA CO.: UPDATE: MAN KILLED IN BOAT'S PROPELLER ON LAKE SONOMA
05/06/07 7:55 PDT
A man got caught in the propeller of a boat and died this afternoon on Lake Sonoma and a Petaluma man is in jail on suspicion of boating under the influence of alcohol, according to a statement from the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department.
Another boater flagged a sheriff's patrol boat around 3:44 p.m. and told authorities of a possible boating accident on the Warm Springs arm of Lake Sonoma near Jet Ski cove.
Deputies there found a man stuck in the propeller of a MasterCraft ski boat. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and his identity is not being released pending the notification of his family.
According to the sheriff's department, it appears that the man was a passenger in the boat and had been sitting on the rear deck near the propellers while the boat was backing just before the incident occurred.
The driver of the boat, 25-year-old Will Dawson, was booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of boating under the influence of alcohol.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the Lake Sonoma Marine Unit at (707) 433-0728.
i just posted up a thread earlier in the west asking about this stupid shit..thanks for the post!!... the hard lesson peeps have to learn feel sorry for both partys involved...
Man I miss Lake Sonoma. Thats where I would go every weekend when I lived back in Santa Rosa. Not the greatest lake ever, but had some good times under the bridge! Sucks to hear of a death on the lake. Sounds like a freak accident. I remember when a young girl died, when she was electricuted by exposed wires from the Marina Dock there a few years ago. A prop would be a bad way to go...
It is so easy for stupid shit to happen.
Yesterday a boat was splitting the line up and sliding in between 2 boats and had his drives engaged paying attention to lines and other boats, so on ext....
Add dumb girl on back of boat, who drops fender in the water and procedes to sit down on the swim step and start reaching her foot down to step on the drive.
We all instantly start yelling at her as she is on her way into the water to retrieve the fender............. Would not have ended pretty!
The dumbest little things can occur and if you have alcohol in your system, no matter how slight, you will get dinged for it!
From CBS, Bay City News:
The Petaluma man arrested Sunday in connection with a fatal boating incident at Lake Sonoma has two recent pending misdemeanor drunken driving charges and a prior misdemeanor drunken driving conviction.
Sonoma County Superior Court records show William Russell Dawson, 25, was convicted of the misdemeanor DUI charge on Jan. 4, 2001. He is scheduled to change his not guilty plea Thursday on two pending misdemeanor drunken driving charges stemming from his arrest on Feb. 16.
Dawson was arrested at Lake Sonoma after 51-year-old Mark Spier, of Orland, fell off the back of a Master Craft ski boat and became stuck in the boat's propeller around 3:40 p.m. in the Warm Springs arm of Lake Sonoma near Jet Ski Cove, Sonoma County Sheriff's Lt. Greg Contos said.
A Sonoma County Sheriff's Department deputy freed Spier from the propeller and Spier was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy is schedule for Tuesday.
Spier was a passenger in the rear of the boat operated by Dawson and fell overboard when the boat backed up, Contos said.
Another passenger in the boat, Eric Brandon, 26, of Petaluma, was arrested for being under the influence of alcohol, the sheriff's department said.
Dawson was arrested for felony boating under the influence of alcohol causing bodily injury to another person and misdemeanor charges of operating a boat with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent or greater and operating a boat under the influence of alcohol.
The penalties for drunken boating are similar to drunken driving and include jail, fines, license suspension, DUI school and probation. However, nothing in the California Harbors of Navigation Code prohibits having open containers of alcohol in the vessel.
Dawson posted $10,000 bail bond and was released from the Sonoma County jail at 10:43 p.m. Sunday. He is scheduled to appear in Sonoma County Superior Court on those charges May 24.
Sheriff's Lt. Chris Spallino did not have exact statistics readily available this morning but he said drunken boating citations at Lake Sonoma are common.
SONOMA CO.: UPDATE: MAN KILLED IN BOAT'S PROPELLER ON LAKE SONOMA
05/06/07 7:55 PDT
A man got caught in the propeller of a boat and died this afternoon on Lake Sonoma and a Petaluma man is in jail on suspicion of boating under the influence of alcohol, according to a statement from the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department.
Another boater flagged a sheriff's patrol boat around 3:44 p.m. and told authorities of a possible boating accident on the Warm Springs arm of Lake Sonoma near Jet Ski cove.
Deputies there found a man stuck in the propeller of a MasterCraft ski boat. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and his identity is not being released pending the notification of his family.
According to the sheriff's department, it appears that the man was a passenger in the boat and had been sitting on the rear deck near the propellers while the boat was backing just before the incident occurred.
The driver of the boat, 25-year-old Will Dawson, was booked into Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of boating under the influence of alcohol.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the Lake Sonoma Marine Unit at (707) 433-0728.
Good god! This is stupidity at its finest! So sad that crap like this has to happen!
Why would they do this?
Another passenger in the boat, Eric Brandon, 26, of Petaluma, was arrested for being under the influence of alcohol, the sheriff's department said.
Why would they do this?
Another passenger in the boat, Eric Brandon, 26, of Petaluma, was arrested for being under the influence of alcohol, the sheriff's department said.
Who knows? Quite possible he just couldn't keep his pie hole shut and let the popo do their job. Click-click
Why would they do this?
Another passenger in the boat, Eric Brandon, 26, of Petaluma, was arrested for being under the influence of alcohol, the sheriff's department said.
Under the Influence of Alcohol (drunk) in public is a crime in California.
Under the Influence of Alcohol (drunk) in public is a crime in California.
Yeah but you have to do something pretty stupid to get hooked up with that. I guess killing your buddy counts though.
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