tags: Vehicle Assault or Accident | Terroristic Incidents, friend suspect, bad driving, DUI, driver admitted drinking, possible deliberate
July 26, 2013 Hudson River Boat Crash Kills Bride Bride-to-be Lindsey Stewart and a friend were killed when a powerboat struck a barge near the Tappan Zee Bridge north of New York City. All four who were not thrown from the boat suffered head injuries. The Jojo K. John, 35, admitted he had been drinking all day, was arrested and charged with manslaughter and operating the boat while intoxicated. John pled guilty, and was sentenced to 2 years in jail, and the judge dismissed lawsuits against others for causing the crash with improper lighting. There was no speculation about the slight chance it could have been deliberately steered to crash.
2 killed 3 injured July 26, 2013 crash September 16, 2014 update Jail for Boat Driver in Crash That Killed Bride-to-Be and Best Man (Sentence to 2 years jail) Jojo K. John, 36, of Nyack, N.Y., had pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter in the July 2013 deaths of his two friends, Lindsey Stewart of Piermont, N.Y, and Mark Lennon of Pearl River, N.Y.... Mr. John and two others were also injured. boat crashed into a barge that was moored about 30 miles north of Manhattan. Prosecutors said he had nearly twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system, and quoted him as telling emergency workers, “I’ve been drinking all day (Alternate theory - nobody has speculated a deliberate suicide attack on a bridal party)
No connection to the to death of bride in limousine fire, which was determined to be an accident caused by failed air springs.
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November 20, 2013 Boat driver in Hudson River boat crash that killed a bride to be and best man pleads not guilty to 18 counts including vehicular manslaughter and operating under influence of alchohol. The prosecutor says the driver admitted he had been drinking all day, but his lawyer blames poor barge lighting. fox
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Meanwhile, a survivor, John Schumacher, declined to provide interviews as he moved slowly and held an ice pack in his hand. “It’s a tragedy for everybody involved,” said Schumacher’s wife, Tracy. “Our hearts go out to the victims — all the victims — including my husband, and all the families that have been touched by his horrible, horrible tragedy.”
..The Rockland County Medical Examiner’s Office said Stewart died of head injuries and drowning. Lennon drowned, according to the office. Toxicology results were pending.
Bond suffered a head injury in the accident. On Tuesday after leaving the hospital, Bond wore a blue hat and had his arm in a sling as he made a condolence call of the Pearl River home of Lennon’s parents.
Fellow survivors Schumacher and Daniel Dilorgi were also injured. Both have hired attorneys for possible lawsuits against the operators of the barge that their boat hit, in the middle of the river, in the dark.
“So that’s what everyone — us and the authorities — are looking into, as well as possible intoxication of the driver of the boat,” said attorney Nicholas Warywoda.
Boat operator Jojo John, 35, was suspected of being drunk before the crash. He has been charged with manslaughter.
John’s family also expressed sorrow Tuesday.“This is a tragedy for all of us,” the family said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families.” [common expression of internet trollls]
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Mark Lennon, the second victim of a boating accident involving a wedding party on the Hudson River, Sheriff Louis Falco told reporters Sunday. Lennon was the best man in the group.
[Previously published story, 12:10 p.m. ET]
The path that led Lindsey Stewart
Friday night, Stewart and Bond and four of their friends dined at a restaurant, then boarded a 21-foot Stingray power boat on the Hudson River for what was to have been a short ride from the village of Piermont in Rockland County to Tarrytown.
Stewart's fiance, called 911 from the boat at 10:41 p.m., reporting that it had struck an object south of the bridge. At 2:30 a.m. Saturday, the police showed up at the house belonging to Stewart's mother and stepfather.
Remember the fire on the limousine bridal party? The driver is charge with vehicular homicide, but does anybody suspect he could have deliberately crashed the boat into the barge?
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