Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, March 31, 1993, Page 16, Image 16

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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.
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