Boat driver pleads guilty in fatal DUI case
By Cecilia Green
Published on May 26, 2006
Timothy Perez, 44, claims he wasn't driving the boat at the time of the accident, but pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter in addition to a second felony and a misdemeanor charge.
Perez and his friend, Darren Bigbee, 39, were bar-hopping on Reel Dysfunctional, Perez's 28-foot powerboat the night the accident occurred. The boat was speeding through a no-wake zone when it crashed into the 23-foot boat belonging to Douglas Caramagna. Caramagna, 32, died in the crash and his fiancé was injured. Perez suffered a hip injury. Bigbee, who was also injured in the crash, fled the scene.
Perez was found to have a blood alcohol level of .17 at the time of the accident.
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