A man who has been charged with intoxication assault in connection with a boating collision on Lake Austin Saturday that sent two children and an adult to the hospital has bonded out of jail.
Police say Cody Daniel Painter, 25, a resident of Zephyr, was arrested and charged Saturday with intoxication assault, a third degree felony. Bail was set at $20,000 according to an arrest affidavit.
According to police reports, a boat Painter was driving on Lake Austin Saturday evening collided with the side of another boat pulling an inner tube. A 3-year-old child with a fractured skull and a 5-year-old with a fractured jaw were taken to the hospital, according to an arrest affidavit. An adult in the boat that was hit was also taken to the hospital, said Officer Dennis Harris.
The boat Painter was driving was carrying eight people, including him, and the other boat had nine people.
The collision happened just before 8 p.m. near the Watersedge neighborhood and Mount Bonnell, according to Austin Fire Department Division Chief Dawn Clopton.
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A man who has been charged with intoxication assault in connection with a boating collision on Lake Austin Saturday that sent two children and an adult to the hospital has bonded out of jail.