Video of why even Casual "Cruise" High Speed Can Be Dangerous

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Any updates on how everyone is doing?

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One Charged After Ozark Boat Crash Viral Video | FOX2now.com

LAKE OF THE OZARKS (KTVI) – A video of a boating accident on the Lake of the Ozarks is going viral, and Missouri state troopers say that’s probably a good thing. They hope people will get the message about going too fast in crowded waters when they see the graphic images.

The incident happened on August 24th, though the video, shot by a Lake TV photographer, wasn’t uploaded to YouTube until September 1st. Since then the images, of the seven passengers being violently thrown into each other and to the deck, have been seen by well over 100,000 people online and countless more watching on television.

Locals like Lisa Reed, a bartender at Beaver’s on the Lake, were shocked, but not entirely surprised by what happened.

“It’s packed. You’ve got the jet skis dodging the big boats. You’ve got the big boats dodging the jet skis. The skidoos wanting to jump off the bigger boats wakes. And you see ‘em flipping over. Falling off.”

But the Missouri Highway Patrol isn’t entirely disappointed the video of the accident is getting so much attention.

“It’s a good example,” Sgt. Jerry Callahan said. “Unfortunately it’s the stories of the injury accidents when they get out there that people really start to pay attention. And we are lucky in this instance I think.”

The driver of the boat, Marvin Carter, III of Memphis, TN suffered moderate injuries and a blow to his wallet as well. He’s being cited for speeding and imprudent operation of the boat. Five of the seven people on board were hospitalized, four of them with moderate injuries including broken bones.

“In Missouri we don’t have a daytime speed limit but that doesn’t mean you can drive your boat as fast as you want,” Callahan said. “You have to look at the existing conditions and look at the boat traffic on the water. Are there more boats? In this instance, the waves. The wakes.”

He hopes that lesson will be driven home as more and more people watch the video.

“I hope people are looking and saying, ‘wow, that could have been really bad.’”

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As it grows larger, the comments keep coming....


While some commenters on the video urged the importance of life jackets and restraints, such as seat belts, when riding in such a high-speed vehicle, others were taking more of the "tough love" approach, saying that the passengers of the boat participated in "reckless stupidity."

"Driver's not wearing seat belt and operating at high speed. Negligence for the driver. I hope the police see this and charge him. Makes people think twice," commented one viewer on YouTube.

"They all look like crash test dummies tumbling inside a washing machine," commented another viewer.

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Bizarre Speed Boating Accident in Ozarks Lake Caught on Tape (VIDEO)

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From the co-owner of LakeTV....

Kober said one of his cameramen, Brett Tintera, had been filming activities leading up to the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout -- which bills itself as "the largest unsanctioned boat race in the United States."

Tintera had attached a small camera to the front of the boat with suction cups, and Tintera said he had hitched a ride on the boat, which was headed to a restaurant.

When the boat started bouncing between waves, which Tintera said is normal when so many boats are on the water, at such a high speed, he said he felt "complete fear."

"At one point when it was leaning real bad, I thought the boat was going to flip for sure," Tintera said. "I don't know how it didn't. When we came to, there was so much water in the boat that it didn't make any sense."


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Video of Lake of the Ozarks speed boat crash goes viral - KansasCity.com

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In addition to breaking a leg and a wrist, Tintera says he ruptured a disc in his back and bruised some ribs. Among other injuries sustained by the passengers Tintera counts a broken back, a couple shattered eye sockets, and hips, feet, legs and arms all snapped as the boat shook violently back and forth before coming to a halt.

Tintera's footage has been seen over 3 million times at this point. He says Anderson Cooper invited him to appear on CNN, but he's too busted up to make the trip. The story also made Good Morning America, CBS News, the New York Post and a GIF made of the moment of impact appeared on Tosh.0's blog.

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Crazy Lake of the Ozarks Boat Crash Footage Goes Viral [VIDEO] - St. Louis - News - Daily RFT

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Do you guys who live and boat on LOTO ever think they will be able to make it a no-wake lake for certain size boats? It looks like there is starting to be some serious effort to do that.



I know they accomplished that in certain lakes up here. Like Spring Lake is all boats 26' and over must only operate at no wake. Whitehall lake is all boats 40 feet and over must operate at no wake, etc.