New York Post

Divers: Jose & Co. smelled of alcohol

- By JONATHAN LEHMAN

The lifeless bodies of Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez and his two friends smelled strongly of alcohol, according to divers who recovered them from the site of a tragic boat crash in September.

A search warrant affidavit obtained Wednesday by the Miami Herald also said investigat­ors found evidence the boat driver’s high-speed “recklessne­ss’’ was “exacerbate­d by the consumptio­n of alcohol.” It is not known who among Fernandez and buddies Emilio Macias and Eduardo Rivero was piloting the boat.

Toxicology tests and autopsy results for the three young men have been completed, but have yet to be released.

Fernandez spent some of his final moments at the American Social Bar & Kitchen, according to TMZ. He was seen at the waterside hotspot at approximat­ely 2 a.m. on Sept. 25. Fish and Wildlife investigat­ors said they found a receipt for a bar tab from the restaurant in the pocket of one of the three men, who is not named.

The three men were killed when their boat — “Kaught Looking,” which belonged to Fernandez — collided with a jetty off Miami Beach sometime before 3:15 a.m.

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