I Know we Discussed this a Bit on this site when It happened I just want to Post this Article for the Denny Rehberg Archives here, we shall see how all this plays out.. but what I am reading between the lines in this article.. well..
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Rep. Rehberg Hospitalized, Boat Crash Under Investigation
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Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) and four others were hospitalized Thursday after a serious boating accident, and Montana law enforcement officials are investigating whether alcohol played any role in the crash, state officials said Friday.
Rehberg and state Senate Majority Whip Greg Barkus were hospitalized in Kalispell, Montana, along with Barkus's wife, Kathy, and two Rehberg aides. All five were in stable condition Friday afternoon, Kalispell Regional Medical Center spokesman Jim Oliverson told The Sleuth.
Their 22-foot boat ran aground on the rocky shore of Flathead Lake, near the town of Bigfork, sometime between 10 p.m. and midnight Thursday.
The congressman sustained a broken left ankle and "quite a bump on the head" in the boat crash, Rehberg's former chief of staff, Eric Iverson, told Montana state reporters during a conference call. Iverson, who still does crisis management for Rehberg, reportedly said the congressman underwent surgery to repair his ankle.
He said the congressman was not driving the boat.
Jim Satterfield, the regional director of Montana's Fish, Wildlife and Parks agency, tells The Sleuth that his agency, the Montana Highway Patrol and the Flathead County Sheriff's office are jointly investigating how fast the boat was going, who was driving and "whether alcohol and drugs were involved."
Asked if alcohol was found on board the boat, Satterfield declined to comment. "An investigation is underway," he said.
All five people aboard the boat, including Rehberg aides Dustin Frost and Kristin Smith, were taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center, three by helicopter, two by ambulance.
Oliverson had no information on when Rehberg or any of the others might be released.
Rehberg spokesman Jed Link released a statement saying the congressman was "doing well. His thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved. We will continue to provide information as it becomes available."
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By Mary Ann Akers
August 28, 2009; 3:36 PM ET
Source and More Click Below
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The Sept. 9th Article Below
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"...After meeting with hospital officials in Polson and on the Flathead Reservation, Rehberg said Barkus picked him and his two staffers up at Marina Cay Resort in Bigfork around 5:30 p.m. and took them up the Flathead River to visit a friend who lives in Eagle Bend.
It was a short stop, and the group then headed to the west shore for dinner at The Docks restaurant in Lakeside, arriving around 6:30 p.m. Rehberg said he spent much of the evening talking to people on issues including health care, carbon control legislation and taxes, referring to the event as “a working dinner for me.” He had steak and potatoes, and ordered a pint of Cold Smoke beer from the bar, a Scotch Ale-style beer produced by the Kettle House brewery in Missoula, which Rehberg said he had never tried before.
“That probably lasted me a couple of hours,” Rehberg said. “It’s more something social to have in your hands.” Eventually someone bought him another round, before he finished his first drink, Rehberg said, and he does not recall if he finished the first beer, estimating he consumed less than two drinks over the course of a three-hour meal.
His blood alcohol content, taken three hours after the crash, was 0.05, below the legal limit. He was not driving the boat at any time. Flathead County Attorney Ed Corrigan said Barkus was drinking the night of the crash, and authorities have yet to release his BAC level the night of the crash. Rehberg said he did not see whether Barkus was drinking at the restaurant, and did not see any sign that he was impaired at all as the group got back on the boat at around 10 p.m.“I saw no signs of impairment at all, none,”
Rehberg said. Earlier in the evening, Rehberg said Kathy Barkus had a small container of margarita in a cooler on the boat when they picked up the group in Bigfork. Corrigan has also said investigators believe the boat was doing 40 miles per hour or faster when it crashed, but Rehberg said it felt much slower, more like 25 miles per hour. "
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Read the Entire Flathead Beacon Article, Click Below..
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And Read this Eye Witness Account..
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Oh and how about the One that the Boat Drive did not "Look" "Impaired" - Click Below to Read that Article.
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For Me, it don't add up, I See a coverup, I see too much alcohol, unclear stories that don't add up, suspicious connections, and well just to many things between the lines, kind of like a movie about a Congressman..
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