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Boston woman charged in Pelham crash between personal watercraft, boat

2 women on watercraft injured when it struck an anchored boat

Boston woman charged in Pelham crash between personal watercraft, boat

2 women on watercraft injured when it struck an anchored boat

CRASH WHEN IT HAPPENED RIGHT. THEY SURE DID, SEAN. AND WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN THAT VIDEO FROM A RESIDENT HERE IN PELHAM. THAT CRASH HAPPENED OFF THE BOAT LAUNCH HERE ON LONG POND. AND WE WANT YOU TO SEE HERE ARE THE TOWN SECURITY CAMERAS. THEY WERE ROLLING AT THE MOMENT OF IMPACT. WE DO NEED TO WARN YOU NOW THAT THIS VIDEO COULD BE DIFFICULT FOR SOME TO WATCH. YOU COULD SEE THE CRASH. IT’S AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN W WHEN YOU ARE WAS THERE AS FIRST RESPONDERS RACED TO LONG POND ON THE AFTERNOON OF JULY 24TH, CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY MARINE PATROL. MARINE PATROL OFFICIALS SAID THE C2 WAS GOING QUOTE, FULL THROTTLE INTO A STATIONARY BOAT WITH FOUR PEOPLE ON BOARD. THREE OF THE FOUR PASSENGERS ON THE BOAT WERE ABLE TO JUMP OFF MOMENTS BEFORE IMPACT. THE FOURTH PERSON WAS ABLE TO DUCK BELOW AND AVOID BEING HIT AFTER THE CRASH, THE BOATERS AND PULLED THE TWO WOMEN WHO WERE ON THE WATERCRAFT OUT OF THE WATER AND APPLIED A TOURNIQUET TO ONE OF THEM WHO WAS BLEEDING PROFUSELY LATE. THE ARREST WARRANT FOR 31 YEAR OLD YVONNE PENA WAS ISSUED OCTOBER 6TH. MORE THAN TOO MONTHS AFTER THE CRASH. BUT WITHIN DAYS OF THE TOXICOLOGY REPORT BEING FILED THAT REVEALED PENA’S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL. WAS 0.1 TO 1. NEW HAMPSHIRE AIRMAN AMY GREENFIELD WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE ON THAT BOAT THAT WAS STRUCK WHEN THE C DO HIT THEM. SHE WAS AWARDED THE AIR FORCE COMMENDATION MEDAL IN SEPTEMBER BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL FOR HER ROLE IN PROVIDING FIRST AID TO THE WOMEN WHO WERE ON THAT JETSKI. PENA WAS ARRESTED IN MASSACHUSETTS SINCE LAST MONDAY. SHE ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA, ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS. IF CONVICTED ON THESE CLASS B FELONY CHARGES, SHE COULD BE SENTENCED TO THREE AND A HALF TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON AND FINED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. WE ARE LIVE IN P
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Boston woman charged in Pelham crash between personal watercraft, boat

2 women on watercraft injured when it struck an anchored boat

** Warning: The video above may be disturbing for some. **A Boston woman accused of crashing a personal watercraft into a boat in Pelham over the summer is now facing potential prison time.Investigators said Ivonne Peña, 31, was drunk and drove the watercraft into an anchored boat, injuring herself and her passenger.Marine Patrol officers said the watercraft was going full throttle when it hit the stationary boat with four people on board on July 24 on Long Pond. Three of the four passengers on the boat were able to jump off moments before the impact, while the fourth person was able to duck below deck and avoid being hit.After the crash, the boaters pulled the two women who were on the watercraft out of the water and applied a tourniquet to one of them, who was bleeding profusely.New Hampshire Airman Amy Granfield was on the boat with her family when the watercraft struck them. She was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal in September by the adjutant general for her role in providing first aid to the women who were on the watercraft.An arrest warrant for Peña was issued Oct. 6, more than two months after the crash, days after a toxicology report was filed that showed her blood alcohol level was 0.121, investigators said.Peña was arrested last week in Massachusetts and pleaded not guilty to felony charges, according to a court filing. If convicted, she could be sentenced to 3½ to 7 years in prison and fined thousands of dollars.

** Warning: The video above may be disturbing for some. **

A Boston woman accused of crashing a personal watercraft into a boat in Pelham over the summer is now facing potential prison time.

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Investigators said Ivonne Peña, 31, was drunk and drove the watercraft into an anchored boat, injuring herself and her passenger.

Marine Patrol officers said the watercraft was going full throttle when it hit the stationary boat with four people on board on July 24 on Long Pond. Three of the four passengers on the boat were able to jump off moments before the impact, while the fourth person was able to duck below deck and avoid being hit.

After the crash, the boaters pulled the two women who were on the watercraft out of the water and applied a tourniquet to one of them, who was bleeding profusely.

New Hampshire Airman Amy Granfield was on the boat with her family when the watercraft struck them. She was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal in September by the adjutant general for her role in providing first aid to the women who were on the watercraft.

An arrest warrant for Peña was issued Oct. 6, more than two months after the crash, days after a toxicology report was filed that showed her blood alcohol level was 0.121, investigators said.

Peña was arrested last week in Massachusetts and pleaded not guilty to felony charges, according to a court filing. If convicted, she could be sentenced to 3½ to 7 years in prison and fined thousands of dollars.