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Charges filed against runaway boat operator

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STEUBEN COUNTY, Ind. (WOWO): Criminal charges have been filed against a 20-year-old Fort Wayne woman over an incident involving a runaway boat that injured multiple people on Lake Gage.

Dominique Effinger has been charged with several counts of operating a motorboat while intoxicated, plus underage drinking, according to the Steuben County Prosecutor’s Office. Effinger was allegedly driving the boat at a high rate of speed when she and several other passengers were ejected from the boat, which continued circling the lake, causing injuries and property damage.

One of her passengers suffered a fractured skull. Prosecutor Jeremy Musser says even more charges are possible.

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