A 62-year-old man was arrested and charged on a count of boating under the influence after crashing his boat into another, sending his passengers overboard, deputies say.
It happened around 5 p.m. Saturday in the Intracostal Waterway east of 12th Avenue, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.
Kirk Johnson was operating a 23-foot Yamaha jet boat with five additional people on board, deputies say. He was heading south; coming toward him was a 21-foot Grady White boat.
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