Grand Haven man charged in fatal boating crash
by John Tunison | The Grand Rapids Press
Thursday August 13, 2009, 10:11 AM
GRAND HAVEN -- A Grand Haven man was arraigned on felony charges this morning, stemming from a July boat crash in Spring Lake Township that killed one man and injured a passenger.
Victor Gouveia, 24, is charged with drunken driving causing death and drunken driving causing injury for the collision that killed Edward Johnson, 53, of Fruitport and injured passenger Barbara Briggs, 48, of Kalamazoo.
Gouveia was released on a $5,000 personal recognizance bond.
Police say Johnson was operating a 19-foot Wellcraft when it collided with a 28-foot Baja driven by Gouveia, who was taken to the Ottawa County Jail after the crash for suspicion of drunken boating but released without being charged, pending laboratory results.