Ahead of holiday, teen nearly killed by drunk boater shares story [Video]

ST PAUL, Minn. — According to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), 145 Minnesotans have died in boating accidents over the last decade, including one this year.

But that doesn’t count the more than 700 other boating incidents since 2014 that weren’t fatal. In many of those accidents, an impaired driver is behind the wheel.

“People say all the time, time heals all wounds and I don’t agree with that,” said Alex Otte, who nearly died after being hit by a drunk boater in 2010. 

Otte was 14 years old then when she was on a jet-ski in Kentucky, waiting for her mom and brother to tie up their boat so she could dock when she saw a 17-foot bass boat coming at her.

“My mom screamed, …