During the July Fourth weekend, one man died, 28 people were arrested for boating under the influence, and 16 people were injured due to 17 boating accidents, according to a report released today from the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency.
The victim was previously identified by the TWRA as 24-year-old Chattanooga resident Christopher Lake, who drowned in Chickamauga Lake near Paradise Cove on Sunday.
Chickamauga Lake, Dale Hollow Lake and the Ocoee River each had three reported accidents, officials said. The other eight accidents were scattered across the state. Altogether, the accidents caused 16 injuries.
Nine of the boating under the influence arrests came from Old Hickory Lake, while Kentucky Lake had three, and Watts Bar, Boone Lake, Fort Loudoun Lake and Watauga Lake each had two, according to the report.
In 2009, the same weekend saw one fatality, 17 BUI arrests and 15 boating accidents.