Based on operator and occupant statements, at approximately 18:00 operator was operating the 1979 Thundercraft traveling downstream on Wolftever Creek near the Wolftever Creek boat ramp on Chickamauga Lake in Chattanooga, Tn.  There were 4 people riding in the bow of the 15 foot runabout with a total of 7 people on board.  operator stated when they started to slow down as they approached the boat dock water came over the bow swamping the boat.  The four people in the bow ran to the back of the boat, but the boat sank.  Six of the people on board swam to the north bank while one person swam to the south bank.

Responders arrived later at the scene.  Volunteer State Rescue Squad and Tow Boat U.S. operators recovered the boat.
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