The state’s 2008 boating fatality rate was the lowest since the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) started keeping records in 1961. The 12 boating fatalities last year equal 1.38 deaths per 100,000 registered boats. The DNR attributed the drop in boating deaths to several factors including increased life jacket use, more boaters taking boating …
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