Operator WAS TRAVELING WEST ON LAKE HICKORY APPROXIMATELY 20 YDS FROM SHORE.  HIS APPROXIMATE SPEED WAS 5 MPH.  HIS BOAT STRUCK AN OBJECT (POSSIBLY A STUMP) THEN BEGAN TAKING ON WATER.  HE IDLED TO SHORE WHERE HE BEACHED HIS BOAT.  LOVE LADY RESCUE ATTEMPTED TO TOW THE BOAT TO A NEARBY DOCK AND IN THE PROCESS, THE BOAT SANK IN 30 FEET OF WATER.  I WAS ABLE TO TOW BOAT TO BOAT RAMP WHERE IT WAS LOADED ONTO BOAT TRAILER.
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