Denny Rehberg

Musician: Rehberg Didn't Seem Drunk On Night Of Boat Crash

Justin Elliott | October 12, 2009, 12:20PM

The scene of the Aug. 27 accident, Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT) inset.

Ever since the boat accident in late August in which Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT) and two staffers were seriously injured, the congressman has denied that he had been drinking heavily and has maintained that the driver, who was charged with felonies last week, was not impaired either.

Now, a musician who says he saw Rehberg in Lakeside, MT, shortly before the accident, has come forward to say that Rehberg was not drunk.

Terry Brick, a member of the Toby Stone Duo, playing the night of the crash, said in a letter to the Missoulian Friday that Rehberg was not exhibiting the signs of inebriation:

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