The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency says a 10-year-old girl died in a boating incident on the Tennessee River over the weekend. Officials in Decatur County say the child was on a tube being pulled by a pontoon boat when the motor contacted both the tube and girl. She died from her injuries and the incident remains under investigation.
TWRA reports there have been 16 boating-related fatalities on Tennessee waters in 2022 as compared to 13 the same time last year.
There was a serious injury incident involving two juveniles in the Holder Branch area of Ft. Loudon Lake near the Cove at Concord Park. A personal watercraft that was towing an inner tube with two juveniles onboard made contact into the side of an anchored pontoon boat. The TWRA also reported eight property damage incidents.
The TWRA reported 25 boating under the influence (BUI) arrests over the holiday weekend. There were nine arrests in TWRA Region III (Upper Cumberland, Chattanooga area), eight in TWRA Region IV (East Tennessee), seven in Region II (Middle Tennessee) and one in Region I (West Tennessee).