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Posted: Thursday, 08 May 2008 1:00PM

Massachusetts man being sued following fatal Maine boat crash





Portland (AP)  -- The children of a woman killed in a boating accident on Long Lake last summer are suing a Massachusetts man who police say was driving the speedboat that struck her and her companion.

The lawsuit was filed in Cumberland County Superior Court by three children of 44-year-old Suzanne Groetzinger of Berwick. 

Groetzinger and Terry Raye Trott of Naples were killed when their 14-foot boat was struck by a high-powered speedboat on the night of Aug. 11.

Robert LaPointe of Medway, Mass., is named as a defendant. 

Police say he was intoxicated and operating his boat in a reckless manner when it sliced the other boat in half.

The 39-year-old LaPointe has pleaded not guilty to seven criminal charges, including two counts of manslaughter. 

LaPointe's father and Rick's Cafe in Naples also are named as defendants.
 

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