10-year-old girl dies in boating accident on Tennessee River during Fourth of July weekend
A boating-related fatality was part of the three-day July 4 holiday weekend, according to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officials.
The preliminary investigation reported a 10-year-old girl was on an inflated tube being pulled by a pontoon boat late Saturday afternoon on the Tennessee River in Decatur County when the outward motor contacted the tube and the girl.
The girl has not been identified and the incident remains under investigation by the TWRA.
There have been a total of 16 boating-related fatalities on Tennessee waters in 2022 as compared to 13 at the same time last year, according to the TWRA.
There also was a serious injury incident involving two juveniles in the Holder Branch area of Ft. Loudon Lake near the Cove at Concord Park over the weekend. A personal watercraft towing an inner tube with two juveniles onboard made contact into the side of an anchored pontoon boat.
The TWRA reported 25 boating under the influence arrests over the three days. There were nine arrests in Region III (Upper Cumberland, Chattanooga area), eight in Region IV (East Tennessee), seven in Region II (Middle Tennessee) and one in Region I (West Tennessee).
The TWRA also reported eight property damage incidents.
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