RedactedNarrative: On february 9, 2019 at approximately 4:30 pm, a boat incident occurred on the pee dee river approximately three tenths of a mile south of the clarks creek access area. The vessel that was involved was a 14-foot dura craft jon boat. The vessel was an aluminum jon boat with a 65 lb thrust trolling motor attached. The vessel was occupied by the owner. 
  
  Subject stated that the incident occurred due to the vessel getting stuck on some rocks and caused her to exit the vessel in attempt to get the vessel off the rocks.  Subject stated that after she exited the boat, she noticed the hydro dam was releasing water and lost her grip on the boat.  While standing in the water, she then lost her footing on the rocks and was taken down river.  As she was floating down river wearing her personal floatation device, she was able to grab a tree limb and hold on until stanly and montgomery county rescue arrived by boat.  Stanly county ems arrived and transported her to stanly regional hospital where she was treated for hypothermia and released.
  
  Subject stated while she was fishing, she noticed the water was starting to rise and wanted to get closer to shore and head back to clark's creek boat ramp.  Subject was close to shore when her boat trolling motor located on the back of her boat started getting weak and was not able to travel up river.  At this time her boat became stuck on some rocks and she exited the boat to free it from the rocks.  After exiting the boat and standing in the water, she said the current from the river and the water being released from the dam was too strong and made it difficult for her to hold onto the boat.  She contacted 911 and her husband for help.  Due to the strong current of the water, she lost her footing in the water and let go of the boat.  She began floating down river along with the boat.  Subject floated by her pfd approximately a mile down river before grabbing a tree limb and holding on until first responders arrived.  Pfds were on board and used during the incident.  At this time the vessel has not been recovered and a report has been filed with the montgomery county sheriff's office.  The estimated value of the vessel, trolling motor, and fishing equipment located onboard is around $800.00.
  
  All safety equipment required for the vessel was located on board.  Alcohol and/or drugs were not a contributing factor.  It appeared the incident occurred due to the strong current of the river/dam and the subject's inability to safely make it to shore.  Subject was treated for hypothermia then released from the hospital. There were no charges as a result of this incident.
  
  
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