At approximately 03:30 A.M. on September 29, 2012 I was notified by GSP Gainesville about a boating incident that had occurred at War Hill Park on Lake Lanier in Forsyth County. I called Forsyth County 911 to get more information about the incident. Forsyth County 911 confirmed that there had been a boating incident and said that Forsyth County Deputies, as well as a Med Unit, were on scene at the campground located at War Hill Park.

At that time they were not sure where the people who had been on the boat were located. I responded and arrived around 04:30 A.M. at War Hill Park.
I met with two Forsyth County Deputies and they introduced me to the two men that had been on the boat. The deputies also informed me that the man who had been sitting on the bow of the boat at the time of the accident had been ejected from the boat had refused medical treatment.  I interviewed Occupant who was intoxicated at the time.  He had burns on the side of this head and neck.  He informed me that these burns had occurred after the boating incident as a result of falling into the campfire.
I also interviewed the driver of the boat. Operator informed me that he did not have any injuries.  I screened Operator for BUI and recorded the results.  He did not meet the criteria for BUI.
After screening Operator I went with him to see the boat. It was grounded in the cut at the end of War Hill Park at the campground. Operator stated that there was no damage to his boat.  I could see no obvious damage to the boat.
On October 1, 2012 occupant came to the DNR Office in Gainesville.  He stated that he had gone to the doctor on Saturday afternoon the day after the accident.  The doctor informed him that he had two cracked vertebrae in his neck.

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