State wildlife officers are investigating a boating accident in Perry County that happened Saturday when a craft struck a large oak tree, injuring the boat’s two occupants.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officials said in a Facebook post on the agency’s Facebook page that the 2002 18-foot Ebbtide pleasure boat, operated by 48-year-old Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, resident Windall Sanders, was northbound near river mile 139 when it crashed into the tree around 8:30 p.m. CDT Saturday. Sanders’ passenger, 47-year-old Kimberly Sanders, of Jackson, Tennessee, also was seriously injured, officials said.
The accident is still under investigation, officials said.