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Speeding Boat Involved in Fatal Crash Was Driven by Drunk Man

Investigators said the boat hit the beacon at nearly five times the speed limit and that alcohol and missing life jackets contributed to the deaths.

Summary by Daily Echo
The Peaky Blinder vessel crashed into a navigation beacon at Portsmouth Harbour after visiting the Isle of Wight.

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The TelegraphThe Telegraph
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Ban drunken sailors, Government urged after fatal crash

·London, United Kingdom
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The IndependentThe Independent
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Drunk man driving boat called Peaky Blinder when it crashed, killing two people

·London, United Kingdom
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The Independent (US)The Independent (US)
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Speeding boat in fatal crash driven by drunk man, investigators find

The friends were returning from a social trip when the accident happened

·London, United Kingdom
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IW County PressIW County Press
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Speeding boat involved in fatal crash was driven by drunk man

The Peaky Blinder vessel crashed into a navigation beacon at Portsmouth Harbour after visiting the Isle of Wight.

·Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
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Daily EchoDaily Echo
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Speeding Solent boat involved in fatal crash

The Peaky Blinder vessel crashed into a navigation beacon at Portsmouth Harbour after visiting the Isle of Wight.

·Southampton, United Kingdom
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The NewsThe News
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Speeding boat in fatal Portsmouth Harbour crash 'was driven by drunk man'

A man driving a speedboat in Portsmouth Harbour had ‘a significant alcohol concentration’ in his bloodstream at the time of a crash which killed him and a passenger

·Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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GOV.UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Wednesday, July 15, 2026.
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