Ruh said he decided not to contest a $125 ticket after spending \u0027$40,000 in attorney’s fees to prove a point\u0027 — but his lights were on at the time of the fatal…
Earlier in the day, Ruh described, through pauses and tears, the collision in the most vivid detail yet. He was testifying over a video link from the offices of the U.S. Attorney in Buffalo.
After dinner, about 10:45 p.m., 12 guests boarded Edwards’ large, pontoon-style wake boat for a lake cruise to star gaze in the dark night sky, Ruh and Edwards both testified. After Edwards drove the boat from his boathouse into the lake, he asked Ruh, who had been lying down looking up at the stars, to take control, and Ruh did.Article content
“There was no wind at all. There were no waves and no current,” Ruh said. It was so smooth the boat didn’t noticeably move over 10 minutes of free floating.Article contentHis last thought before impact, he said, was, “Holy shit.” “Gary Poltash had suffered a deadly skull fracture. He had brain tissue coming out of the top of the skull. Susanne Brito was, if not dead, at least grossly injured,” he said.
“She was taken away by ambulance,” where she was pronounced dead soon after. “He died on the dock,” Ruh said of Poltash.
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