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Last updated November 24, 2008 4:51 p.m. PT

Boat driver guilty in Nisqually River deaths

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OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A man who was piloting a boat under the influence of alcohol when it overturned in the Nisqually River, killing three people, has pleaded guilty to homicide by watercraft.

Vincent Farler entered the modified guilty plea on Monday in Thurston County Superior Court. Prosecutors say they'll recommend a five-year sentence for the 42-year-old.

Farler's blood-alcohol content was .19, more than twice the legal intoxication threshold for operating a boat, when the boat hit a logjam and capsized June 12.

Nine-year-old Cameron McCartney and his 5-year-old brother, Sean, drowned, along with 32-year-old Bryan Pierce. Farler and the boys' mother, Erin McCartney, survived.

None of the five people on board was wearing a life jacket.

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