Man drunk on ‘Twisted Tea’ in WaveRunner race injures 2 kids after jumping off before crash: Police

A New York man who was racing a friend on a jet ski in Florida injured two children, ages 7 and 8, after ditching his rented Yamaha WaveRunner and letting it crash into another rider who had the kids with him, cops say.

Daniel Grubert, 48, is charged with two counts of BUI causing serious bodily injury and one count of reckless operation of a vessel in connection with the Sunday afternoon incident, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.

The crash occurred at around 2:30 p.m. while Grubert, who is from Piermont, N.Y., was allegedly operating a rented 2024 Yamaha WaveRunner near Johns Pass in Madeira Beach…

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