Louisiana: Anthony Domiono’s drunken run-in with tree while boating left child critically injured; he is now charged DWI

From WAFBLIVINGSTON PARISH, LA  — The man who was driving a boat that crashed on the Natalbany River on June 9, 2013 and severely injured a 6-year-old girl, was arrested Thursday morning by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.Agents arrested Anthony Domiono, 40, for operating or driving a vessel while intoxicated (DWI) with two children under 12 years of age, two counts of negligent injury, and reckless operation of a vessel and booked him into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail.

The boating crash incident occurred around 4:45 p.m. on June 9. Agents say Domiono was operating a 22-foot-ski boat that had five passengers on board and was towing a tube with two juveniles. The boat crashed into a tree along the bank of the Natalbany River in Tangipahoa Parish. The crash happened about three miles upstream from where the river merges with the Tickfaw River.

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