alcohol-related boating deaths News

North Carolina has toughened penalties for boat operators who unintentionally kill or injure someone while under the influence of alcohol. Gov. Pat McCrory signed a law making the penalties for impaired boaters who cause injuries or fatalities similar to those …

Wisconsin had the nation’s third-highest number of alcohol-related boating deaths last year, the same year a legislative bill to stiffen penalties on drunken boaters went nowhere. Intoxicated boating killed eight people in the state last year, ranking Wisconsin behind only …