The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reported a single boating-related fatality over the July 4 holiday weekend. The holiday boating period extended from July 3-5.
The fatal incident occurred on Kentucky Lake on July 5 when a victim drowned after falling off a boat and is classified as a boating-related incident.
TWRA boating officers made six boating under the influence arrests and one additional arrest. TWRA boating officers checked more than 2,900 vessels, issued 94 citations, and 127 warnings during the weekend
There were two boating-related fatalities over the same period last year. Through the July 4th holiday weekend, there have been 11 boating-related fatalities on the state’s waterways in 2015 as compared to nine through the same period last year and 14 in 2013.