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| Woman Wants Right To Boat After Fatal Accident |
| By citizen.com |
| Published: 12/22/2010 |
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The lawyer representing a city woman convicted of negligent homicide in connection with a fatal boating crash is continuing to fight the state's decision to suspend her boating privileges for three years. Erica Blizzard, 37, of 65 Gold St., was convicted March 18 for failing to keep a proper lookout when the boat she was piloting struck a ledge outcropping on Lake Winnipesaukee in Gilford, killing her best friend Stephanie Beaudoin. Blizzard, and a second passenger, Nicole Shinopulos of Burlington, Mass., were seriously injured. On Tuesday, Blizzard and her Attorney James Moir of Concord were in Belknap County Superior Court asking a judge to set aside — or "vacate" — the decision of June 10 suspending Blizzard's Safe Boater Education Certificate for one year and her New Hampshire boating privileges for three years. The suspensions are to run concurrent and went into effect on June 18. A boating certificate is needed to operate any boat having more than 25 horsepower. Existing law allows the certificate to be suspended for a maximum of one year. Read More. |
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