On January 1, 2012 two people were on a boat at Percy priest at the mouth of stewerts creek. Their boat was loaded with two deer, treestands and hunting equipment. When they took off from shore the front end of the boat started under water. operator tried to trun it back to shore but the boat went down. the two were in the water for 30 and 15 minutes respectfully. They were rescued by the Rutherford Co. SORT team. They were transported to Stonecrest Medical Center where they were treated for Hypothermia.
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