A boating accident occurred on Thursday 03/15/12 at about 7:05 PM. in Marshall county on Wheeler Lake. I was called out on this accident at 7:15 pm. in rough weather. Call came to me through Huntsville State. The accident involved a 19-foot bass boat (AL-8273-MC) with two people on it Sinking. There were no Injurys and Operator stated his boat was a complete loss and he estimated damages at about $5000.00 Dollars. When I arrived at Ditto Landing and was departing in my boat to go to the scene I was advised by Madison County Resque that the boat had been secured to bank and the people on the boat were being brought back to Ditto Landing where there vehicles were. I returned to Ditto Landng and secured my boat and meet with the operator to get accident information. Operator stated they were returning to Ditto Landing and had been fishing just down from Guntersville Dam that Day. Operator also stated that he was going 50 MPH. by his GPS. . Operator also stated he had work done on his boat a year or more ago involving fixing the rear Transom in boat but had operated his boat at least a dozen to fifteen times before this trip and had no problems. Operator stated he and his father were returning back to Ditto Landing from a day of fishing. He stated they were rounding the turn at Painted Bluff in mid channel when the boat took a hard sharp right turn. Operator stated he remember glancing back at the rear of the boat and saw nothing there or the motor was barely hanging on. He stated he tried to make it to the bank but didn"t make it. The boat stopped short of the bank and sank in about 4 to 5 feet of water. He stated that he secured the boat to a tree on the bank and a farm worker at the field there gave them a ride back to Ditto Landing. Neighter Operator or his Father appeared to have any Injury.
Union Grove                   