RedactedNarrative: On Wednesday, 6 October 2021, V-1 operator was fishing in a FLW Bass Tournament on Wheeler Lake. V-1 operator was fishing in a boat loaned to him by a friend. While on the move to a new fishing spot, he began making a turn to line straight up on the Hwy 31 Causeway Bridge in order to pass underneath it. 
  
  At approximately 12:15, operator states his boat, Vessel 1, was traveling at roughly 40 mph, straight in line with the bridge, when he looked "back" up and strong currents had shifted him into the second bridge pillar from the right. 
  
  He attempted to turn the vessel but was unable to avoid the pillar. Vessel 1 struck the pillar on the starboard side of the boat, near the driver’s station. V-1 operator was assisted by two bank fisherman and transported to Decatur General Hospital. 
  
  The Highway 31 Causeway Bridge is in the shallow backwater of Wheeler Lake in an area considered "flood control". Large volumes of water can pass under the bridge during periods of heavy rain, creating a strong current. The local Decatur area had received several inches of rain during the days prior to this accident.
  