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ANNAPOLIS, Md. A Maryland lawmaker on Thursday acknowledged that he had been drinking alcohol before operating a motorboat that collided with another vessel, injuring himself and five others, and that his blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit.
Delegate Don Dwyer, an Anne Arundel County Republican known as one of the most conservative lawmakers in Annapolis, said that he regretted his actions, adding that no one should ever drink and operate a motor vehicle or powerboat.
Three children were among those hospitalized after the collision Wednesday evening in the Magothy River, which flows into the Chesapeake Bay. The legal limit in Maryland for operating a boat is the same as for a car, .08.
It is true that I was drinking while operating my boat yesterday, Dwyer said at news conference he gave from a wheelchair outside Maryland Shock Trauma in Baltimore. Its also been reported that my blood alcohol content was .2. No one, no one should be drinking and operating a motor vehicle or power boat.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-state-del-don-dwyer-among-many-injured-when-2-boats-collide-on-magothy-river-in-pasadena/2012/08/23/c646ec00-ed1c-11e1-866f-60a00f604425_story.html
Ezlivin
(8,153 posts)If it had been fetuses he may very well have had to resign in shame.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)and will anything happen to him.
MineralMan
(146,341 posts)Beyond that, it's doubtful. Power has the ability to slough off a lot of legal action, but it's of no benefit in civil court. Now, if he didn't have liability insurance on his boat, or a big umbrella policy, it could be very costly to him, personally. Civil juries are rarely impressed with drunks who harm children.
intaglio
(8,170 posts)"Gays are a danger to our kids," or something along those lines.
I don't believe in Karma but sometimes ...
Karma sucks
Initech
(100,118 posts)So gays are "a danger to kids" but drinking and operating a boat isn't? I want some of whatever they're smoking.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)kids to fight their wars. Prollee won't even get a fucking ticket because he's prollee above the law.
Bucky
(54,087 posts)He was drinking, so he blames it on the booze. But if he'd been sober, he'd have to blame it on being mean.
spanone
(135,915 posts)spanone
(135,915 posts)0.200.29
Stupor
Loss of understanding
Impaired sensations
Possibility of falling unconscious
Severe motor impairment
Loss of consciousness
Memory blackout
was he arrested?