Two people charged with crime in fatal rafting accident.

The North Central Illinois News Tribune is reporting that two people were charged with operating a boat under the influence of alcohol. They were on the Vermilion River when their raft went over a low head dam. A third passenger in boat drowned.

They part of a group of seven people in two rafts. The first raft made it down a boat shoot on the right hand side.

The charges are a Class A Misdemeanor offense with a penalty of a $2500 fine or up to one year in jail.

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