According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Joseph S. Tofil was driving his ski boat while under the influence late Saturday night, when he hit a cabin cruiser just after the fireworks ended. Five people were on the cruiser, including a 4-month-old infant, and all of them sustained injuries. Another couple found themselves caught in the waves along a sand bar over the weekend, when their skiff capsized; the man drowned, but the woman received no apparent injuries.
The Department of Natural Resources reported 11 total boating incidents over the holiday weekend in Georgia waters, and 36 people were arrested on BUI charges. There’s no doubt that most, if not all, of those incidents could have been prevented, and many who were injured because of someone else’s negligence may already be searching for an experienced personal-injury lawyer in Atlanta.
Paul H. Nathan Law Offices's insight:
Warning statistically we see an increase in accidents and deaths around holidays, especially ones when people drink!