November 3, 2016
Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez had cocaine and alcohol in his system when his boat crashed into a Miami Beach jetty, according to toxicology reports released Saturday. It’s not clear whether Fernandez was driving when the boat crashed Sept. 25, …
September 30, 2016
Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez was a patron at a Miami River bar and restaurant the same night he and two friends were killed in a boat crash, a spokeswoman for the establishment confirmed Tuesday. A friend of one of …
November 22, 2013
The man accused of crashing a powerboat into a barge on the Hudson River, killing a bride-to-be and her fiance’s best man, told rescuers he’d been “drinking all day,” a prosecutor said Wednesday. Rockland County Assistant District Attorney Stephen Moore …
November 12, 2013
The powerboat pilot involved in a Hudson River crash that killed a bride-to-be and her fiance’s best man was drunk at the time, according to an indictment made public Thursday. Defense lawyers said poor lighting on the barge, not intoxication, …
October 3, 2013
A New York boater who admitted he drunkenly got into a deadly crash near the Statue of Liberty won’t be going to jail, under a plea deal he took Tuesday. Richard Aquilone pleaded guilty to charges including criminally negligent homicide …