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SPECIALISM WORKSHOPS' TIEDYINC APR1 BIKE DOCTOR APR1 JJMM CAMERA APRS' BIKE DOCTOR APRS BEAD BRACELETS APR6 BIKE DOCTOR APR6 UNfVOfORKON lOWiRUVlLlMU FORINfO M6-061 CRAFT CENTER Graphics CONVENIENT. FAST & AFFORDABLE 340 4381 Boat driver legally intoxicated in accident ORLANDO. Fla. (AP) — Cleveland Indians pitcher Tim Crews was legally drunk when the Ixint he was driving rammed into n dock, killing Crews and pile her Steve Olin and injuring teammate Boh Ojeda, investiga tors said today. Both Olin and Ojeda were not !<>ga!ly intoxicated, investigators said. Crews had a blood alcohol content of t) H pen ent, whic h is over the legal limit of 0 10. said tiol Bob hid words, of the- Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Com mission Edwards said no i rimi mil i harges will he filed in the March 22 act ident (Bin's blood alt ohol c ontent was 0.02 percent and Ojeda's was 0.006 pert ent well under tin- legal limit. Edwards said The three had attended a barfie cue at Crew s' house Indore going out for a float ride shortly after durk Edwards said the findings had been presented to Lake County state attorney Brad King, who reviewed them and agreed not to pursue any c riminal charges Chief Investigator Bruce Cooper wild none of the witness es at the barbei.ue at Crews' home said Crews appeared to be intoxicated. Cooper said that drinking on boats is permitted, but "you're not allowed to oper ate" a boat in Florida while legally intoxicated. Ojeda told investigators the men were fishing on Crews' boat and that they "had made several passes around the lake and were ret liming to the laum h area near Mr Crows' home to pick up two other fisherman when they stnn k the doc k." Cooper said Cooper quoted Ojeda as say ing the men had t>een hooting on the lake about IS minutes when the ,ic < ident <x c urred about 7:30 p m in the dark Cooper said the investigation found evidence that the boat was "planing" or riding high in the water, indicating that the boat was traveling 25 inph or greater The fishing boat trav eled 145 feet after breaking down three of the doc k s pilings and three i ross firm es "The exac t speed of the boat at the time of the crash is unknown,” Edwards said, and he added the speed was impos sible to determine from physical evidence Cleveland Indians spokesman Hob DiBiasio. who was at the news conference, said, "The findings o) these levels is insignificant compared to the loss suffered by the families of the players." Me said the club could not take exi option to such findings, which had "some kind of feeling of finality.” The ac< idem ix curred on Lit tle Lake Nellie in nearby Cler mont on the players' only day off from spring training Funeral services were held last weekend for Olin. 27, and Crews, .11 Ojeda, 15, is recover ing from a scalp laceration that required surgery. He was released from South Lake Memorial Hospital in Clermont on Friday The 18 foot Skoeter Iwiss boat owned hv Crews — which investigators earlier said was near lull throttle — slammed into the end of a private pier on the small lake All three occu pants suffered head injuries Olin died at the scene and Crews was pronounced dead the following morning at Orlando Regional Medical Center, where he had been airlifted in critical condition. Ojeda was rushed to the Clermont hospital and made a quick recovery After a preliminary investiga tion, wildlife commission probers said Crews was behind the wheel of the boat, which can travel at a lop speed of fir> mph with its 150-horsepower motor. Olin was in the middle and Oje da on the left-hand side of the vessel Crews, who had recently moved into a large home and ram h on Little Lake Nellie, was an avid fisherman. The players had gathered at his ranch with their families on a day off from spring training in nearby Winter Haven, and the three went fish ing at night. Found on the boat were unopened beer cans in an ice chest, a nearly full bottle of vod ka and one empty lieer can. PLAYBOY'S PHOTOGRAPHER IS HERE AND INTERVIEWING Playboy's photographer is now interviewing female students attending University of Oregon for a fall pictorial, Girls of the Poc 10 Conference. 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