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Pontoon Boat Crash Kills Woman, Driver Charged with Reckless Homicide

7/29/2026

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U.S. charged Richard Stevenson with reckless homicide after his pontoon boat killed Magdalena Jablonska on the Fox River in McHenry, Illinois.
Stevenson was traveling 80 mph in a restricted zone and struck the rear of a Crownline vessel, causing the death.
His blood-alcohol level measured 0.20, roughly 2.5 times Illinois’s legal limit of 0.08.
A judge ordered Stevenson detained without release until Aug. 5 after his employer terminated him.

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Story summary

U.S. charged Richard Stevenson with reckless homicide after his pontoon boat killed Magdalena Jablonska on the Fox River in McHenry, Illinois.
Stevenson was traveling 80 mph in a restricted zone and struck the rear of a Crownline vessel, causing the death.
His blood-alcohol level measured 0.20, roughly 2.5 times Illinois’s legal limit of 0.08.
A judge ordered Stevenson detained without release until Aug. 5 after his employer terminated him.