transportation safety board issue a press release and determine that matthew devlin, the tug boat operator towing the barge hit the duck boat because of distractions while using his cell phone and computer to deal with a family emergency. according to the reports, during the minutes leading up to the crash, he left his post in the upper wheel house of the tug boat and his vision of anything in front of him was competely obscured by the barge. in front of him were completely anything you want to say at all? not at this time. devlin pleads guilty to one count of misconduct of a ship operator resulting in death and is sentenced to a year and a day in prison. ride the ducks president, chris hershen, defends the cap tape of the boyt, who follows protocol. it s my understanding he followed all of the regulations required of a captain in that