California man arrested in boat crash that injured 8 Saturday at Lake of the Ozarks

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From the Kansas City Star

California man arrested in boat crash that injured 8 Saturday at Lake of the Ozarks

The victims were from California, Illinois, Michigan and Mississippi, authorities said.

UPDATED JULY 23, 2023 4:20 PM

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California man arrested in boat crash that injured 8 Saturday at Lake of the Ozarks



Missouri State Highway Patrol

Anna Spoerre
Sun, July 23, 2023 at 3:54 PM EDT · 1 min read

A California man was charged with boating while intoxicated after a crash injured several people Saturday at Lake of the Ozarks, authorities said.

The crash was reported at about 11:55 p.m. at the 1.5 mile mark of the lake’s main channel, according to a report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

A 2014 Nor-Tech boat with eight people aboard ran aground, crashed into a home and then overturned, throwing everyone from the vessel, highway patrol said.

The driver, Adam Ramirez, of Huntington Beach, California, has since been charged with boating while intoxicated leading to injury and boating while intoxicated leading to serious injury, according to the highway patrol arrest report.

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[Ferrets are Cool]

1. It never ceases to amaze me that boaters don't have to follow the same rules for alcohol as cars

or trucks. If you've ever watched Youtube, you know it's a big problem.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. The boat must have been airborne to hit the roof line of the house.

[yonder]

3. from the report:

2 moderate and 6 serious injuries (including the operator), no safety devices which I assume to mean life jackets and it looks like that boat has 4 powerful outboard engines. I couldn't make those out but guessing each would be a minimum of 150 horsepower. That's a lot of ponies.

"Hold my beer, lessse what this baby can do"

Edit: found a photo with a 300 on one of the outboards. That'd be a rated 1200 hp. Holy Shit.

[Smackdown2019]

4. Sad!

I actually patrol that lake a couple of times a year and this doesnt suprise me....

Lucky no one got killed!