RedactedNarrative: On May 3, 2020, I, GW with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Law Enforcement Division, received a call from GSP dispatch about a boating incident that occurred on Lake Blue Ridge. It was reported that a vessel with eight passengers had struck the bank in the Toccoa River part of the lake and there were no injuries to report. Cpl. and I responded to the Lake Blue Ridge marina to meet with some of the vessel occupants that had been brought there after the incident.
  
  Sgt. observed the blue and white Regal ski boat bearing registration number GA 7263 HK sitting out of the lake in the tree line on Lake Blue Ridge. Sgt. photographed the vessel and sent two photos of the incident to my state issued cell phone so that I would have them to use in my report. Sgt. picked up the owner/operator and one passenger who were waiting with the vessel to report the incident. 
  
  Operator told Sgt. that he was operating the vessel, pulling a tube, and watching the tube instead of where he was going when he struck the bank.  
  
   When I arrived at the Lake Blue Ridge Marina, I spoke with three of the occupants. The vessel was towing a tube. The vessel was towed by Lake Blue Ridge Marina personnel back to the marina. There were no injuries to report. My investigation determined that the cause of this boat incident was due to careless and reckless operation of the vessel while pulling a tube.
  