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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 09 2004,9:10 am Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Man critically injured in boat crash


By Gary Weiand
Sunday, August 8, 2004 11:20 PM MDT



A 35-year-old Tucson man was listed in critical condition Sunday at a Las Vegas hospital after he was badly injured in an early-morning boat crash on the Colorado River north of Lake Havasu City.

Matthew Makovic suffered severe facial trauma when the vessel he was riding in ran ashore at a high rate of speed, according to a spokesman for the San Bernardino, Calif., Sheriff's Department.

Sgt. Tim Smith said Makovic was one of four passengers in a vessel operated by Terrance J. Rath, 30, of Lake Havasu City. Both Rath and Makovic struck the console of the 2000 Allison Bass and Ski boat after it struck rocks and dirt on the California side of the river about 1.5 miles south of the Interstate 40 bridge.

Rath, who Smith said suffered bad breaks to both arms, and Makovic were air evacuated to University Medical Center in Las Vegas. Rath was treated and released, a hospital spokesperson said Sunday afternoon.


Smith said alcohol appears to have been a factor in the crash that took place about 12:30 a.m. as the boat was approaching Devil's Elbow. He said the vessel was apparently following the California shoreline at about 40 mph and failed to make a turn at a point where the land juts into the water.

The boat came to rest about 10 feet onto shore, Smith said.

The other three passengers, all from Tucson - Lisette Wells, 32, Thomas Harward, 36, and Elena Harward, 35 - suffered bruises, lacerations and a broken wrist. They were sent to Colorado River Medical Center in Needles, Calif., for treatment, he said.

The passengers told sheriff's investigators that Rath's boat was operating without spotlights or floodlights, and that navigation lights were on and working.

Smith said that charges would be considered upon results of the toxicology reports.

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 09 2004,9:19 am Post # 2 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Another case of buttheads and booze not mixing. :stupid

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 09 2004,10:09 am Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Another case of unsafe speed at night. Driving blind don't work to well... :stupid

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 09 2004,10:26 am Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Well Im sure glad nobody died this time. I think some people shouldn't be able 2 EVER drive boats. Maybe some people need boating classes. :(

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 09 2004,10:36 am Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
EXTREME caution has to be taken when driving at night.  :eek  I do it, but take it VERY seriously.  I only do it on stretches of water that I know very well, drive slow, and just assume that I can't be seen by anyone.





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Quote (Havasu Doug @ Aug. 09 2004,10:36 am)
EXTREME caution has to be taken when driving at night.  :eek  I do it, but take it VERY seriously.  I only do it on stretches of water that I know very well, drive slow, and just assume that I can't be seen by anyone.

very wise words Mr. HD  :good

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 09 2004,10:40 am Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
This is why I would never drive a boat. DAY or NIGHT. I would never want anything bad 2 happen and it be on my head. I let others drive and I put my life in there hand..  :rolleyes OH BROTHER. Now that sounds bad...

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There are only a few people I would get in a boat and go for a ride with them, just don't trust some jackass with my life.

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Quote (RiverLiver @ Aug. 09 2004,10:42 am)
There are only a few people I would get in a boat and go for a ride with them, just don't trust some jackass with my life.

Yes is nooooo. I feel the same way.  The only person that drives our friends boat when we go out is Mike's brother. He doesn't drink and drive. He just drinks the "fake beer" and that is ok with him.

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"Yes is nooooo"  :confused

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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 09 2004,1:42 pm Post # 11 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Yes is Noooo, you haven't heard that before , gosh man where have you been??? J/K it's got to be an analytical womans point of view thingy.  Yeah Night running is always a tense time for me i'm always going slow and if i don't know the area or the water that well we just float just aways from the beach kick back there, i certainly do not want to have anyone badly hurt on my boat..
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Post Icon Posted: Aug. 09 2004,10:18 pm Post # 12 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
when driving at night i find someone floating with no lights on about 33% of the time.thats what spooks me. can't go very much faster than just on plane with out over driving my range of coherent site. i really don't care to drive at all at night anymore,unless the moon's out since i don't have a reliable flood/spot light. :alien  :eek

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There are only a few people I would get in a boat and go for a ride with them, just don't trust some jackass with my life.

Agreed :good  :good   Same thing goes for me in any vehicle.  I am VERY nervous driving with someone else in a car and RARELY do it.  I WILL NOT go in a boat with anyone else driving unless its like a slow pontoon boat.  Guess that could also explain my fear of flying.....I'd like flying if I was the one at the controls, but otherwise, I HATE flying no matter what kind of airplane.



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I was up at Lake Pleasant on the night of July 3rd to watch fireworks. At midnight and later, there were still people on the main part of the lake going, what sounded like, as fast as they could go!! The next morning  we saw a boat sitting on a rock island!! :rolleyes  :eek

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I won't run a boat at night, not without a big ass spotlight!.WTF, you don't go down the road at night without head lights!.  :eek  :rolleyes
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I won't run a boat at night, not without a big ass spotlight!.WTF, you don't go down the road at night without head lights!.  :eek  :rolleyes

Even with a light, sometimes it's hard to tell where the water stops and the land starts.

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Quote (GoFastRacer @ Aug. 11 2004,6:36 am)
I won't run a boat at night, not without a big ass spotlight!.WTF, you don't go down the road at night without head lights!.  :eek  :rolleyes

Even with a light, sometimes it's hard to tell where the water stops and the land starts.

You got that right, even with a light it would be at a very low speed!.. :eek
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I think the law says something like "No wake OR 5MPH".

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Quote (Carrera Elite @ Aug. 11 2004,9:45 pm)
I think the law says something like "No wake OR 5MPH".

Yeah something like that I think!. :rolleyes I don't care, as far as I'm concerened when the sun goes down the boat is on the trailer and it's beer time!.. :drink  :drink  :drink  :good  :laugh
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