Crime & Safety

Quinn to Sign Boating Safety Legislation

Gov. Pat Quinn is expected to sign three boating safety proposals into law this summer, according to a Daily Herald article. 

The safety proposals were inspired in part by the death of 10-year-old Tony Borcia, a Libertyville fifth-grader, who was enjoying a day on the lake with family and friends on July 28, 2012, when he fell off of an inner tube and was struck by a boat and killed. 

The proposals were spearheaded by State Sen. Julie Morrison, who was Borcia's aunt, and will require boaters to fly an orange flag while towing a water skier or tuber, require some boaters to take safety training before operating a boat and would allow the seizure of a boat under some circumstances, the Daily Herald reports. 

David Hatyina, 51, of Bartlett, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on a charge of aggravated DUI following Borcia's death, according to the Chicago Tribune. The accident occurred after Hatyina had been drinking and had taken "a small amount" of cocaine while boating on Lake Petite near Lake Vila, according to the article. 



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