A speedboat crash in Missouri left eight people injured and needing hospital treatment when a vessel they were on ran aground and straight into the side of a house.
The crash occurred late Saturday night at the Lake of the Ozarks, southwest of St. Louis.
The impact after the boat ran aground flung all the passengers from the vessel as it overturned, close to the 1.3-mile mark of the Osage Arm.
The boat’s driver, identified as 47-year-old Adam Ramirez from Huntington Beach, California, was arrested and charged with boating while intoxicated with serious injury.
A speedboat collision resulted in serious injuries to eight people who were aboard the vessel Saturday night
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The incident occurred at the Lake of the Ozarks, southwest of St. Louis, when a vessel with powerful engines capable of reaching speeds close to 70 knots ran aground
Cathy Ho Ramirez, 48, and husband Adam Ramirez, 47, of Huntington Beach, California, were injured in the crash. Ramirez was charged in connection to the incident.
Ramirez is known to be something of a powerboat enthusiast. His Instagram lists him as the owner of a customs shop based in California that works on engines for boats and cars.
The boat was a 2014 Nortech boat with powerful engines and a top speed of 70 knots.
The passengers, consisting of four women and four men ranging between 21 and 51 years old, were seriously injured. The group was taken to Lake Regional Hospital.
Ramirez’s wife, Cathy Ramirez, was also on the boat, according to a police report.
Adam Pratt – who Good Boy Vodka and features social-media posts with DJ Khaled and golfer John Daly – and owns a racing company was injured in the collision as well.
Police identified the other victims as Karlie Jones, 21, of Oak Hills, California, Roxy Soukup, 23, of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Kylie Iltchi, 26, of Phelan, California, Amy Hillyer, 50, of Louisville, Mississippi and Matthew Hillyer, 51, of Louisville, Mississippi, were the other people injured on the boat.
Soukup and Cathy Ramirez were taken to the hospital with ‘moderate’ injuries, according to police. The other people on the boat all had ‘serious’ wounds.
It’s not clear if anyone inside the house suffered injuries from the collision.
Ramirez was taken to the hospital after the crash and police said he has been charged with boating while intoxicated with serious injury
A screengrab from Alex Pratt’s Instagram showed some of the victims in the boat crash hours before the incident
Pratt posted a picture of him on a boat hours before he was injured in a boat crash on a Missouri lake
Later on Sunday, a crane was brought in to haul to boat away
The boat collided with the bank before slamming into the side of a house, flinging all eight passengers from the boat as it overturned
Pictures from the scene of the crash on Sunday showed a vast amount of damage to the house with bricks having come away from a side wall, looking extremely unsteady
Pratt had posted pictures on his Instagram page hours before the crash and one showed some of the victims enjoying dinner together. Others showed him and boats on the water – though its unclear if one of the pictures he shared was the boat involved in the crash.
Pictures from the scene of the crash on Sunday showed a vast amount of damage to the house with bricks having come away from a side wall, looking extremely unsteady.
Tiles from the roof appeared to have also come away together with guttering.
The investigation into the crash continued on Sunday.
Troopers spent time reconstructing the crash scene using a drone. Later on Sunday, a crane was brought in to haul to boat away.