ON JUNE 12, 2009, ABOUT 2230 I RECEIVED A CALL FROM NCWRC DISPATCH CONCERNING A POSSIBLE BOAT ACCIDENT ON BADIN LAKE.  I CONTACTED THE OWNER OF THE BOAT AND HE STATED THAT HIS BOAT HAD SUNK AND IT WAS SECURED TO A BOAT DOCK IN UWHARRIE POINT.  I MET OPERATOR THE NEXT MORNING, JUNE 13, 2009 AT DIXIE SHORES BOAT RAMP.  OPERATOR SAID THAT HE WAS FISHING WITH HIS KIDS OFF UWHARRIE POINT.  HE STARTED THE MOTOR AND MOVED THE THROTTLE FORWARD WHEN HE HEARD A CRACKING NOISE FROM THE STERN OF THE BOAT.  HE TURNED TO LOOK AND SAW THE MOTOR AND TRANSOM HAD BROKEN AWAY FROM THE BOAT AND THE BOAT WAS SINKING.  HE BEGAN YELLING FOR SOMEONE TO HELP HIM AND A NEARBY BOATER CAME TO HIS AID.  OPERATOR AND HIS KIDS GOT IN THE OTHER BOAT AND CAME TO SHORE.  ALONG WITH SOME ASSISTANCE, OPERATOR PULLED THE BOAT INTO SHALLOW WATER AND TIED IT TO A BOAT DOCK.  OPERATOR'S BOAT WAS TOWED TO DIXIE SHORES BOAT RAMP AND LOADED ON A TRAILER.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AND ALCOHOL WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THE INCIDENT.
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