RedactedNarrative: On Monday, July 5, 2021 at approximately 19:36 hrs. TWRA Region 3 Dispatch was advised of a multiple injury boating accident on Dale Hollow Lake in Clay County, TN. The location was in the area of Moore Hollow and Pusley Creek. I, Clay County Wildlife Officer, was dispatched to the accident along with Pickett County Officer, and Overton County Officer. 
  
  The accident involved a Yamaha jet ski pulling a tube and a stationary houseboat. The passengers on the tube were the parties who were injured in the accident. Two seventeen year old females were air flown to Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital for head injures, and a 14 year old male sustained minor contusions and refused medical treatment. 
  
  The operator and passenger of the PWC were uninjured and no parties on the houseboat sustained any injuries.  
  
  *** 	On Monday, July 5, 2021 at approximately 19:36 hrs. TWRA Region 3 Dispatch was advised of a multiple injury boating accident on Dale Hollow Lake in Clay County, TN. 
  
  	Officer was first to arrive on scene at Willow Grove Marina where the operator, victims, and EMS were located. Upon my arrival at the scene, I was advised by Clay County EMS that a PWC pulling multiple passengers had operated the PWC in a manner that had resulted in the tube coming into contact with the side of a houseboat.  As a result of the collision there were two seventeen year old females being treated for their injuries and were going to be air-flown to Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital for further treatment and evaluation. At this time I made contact with Officer and the operator of the Yamaha PWC that had been towing the tube. 
  
  	Operator stated that he had been driving the PWC when he was returning to the houseboat that he and his family were staying at. At this time he manuevered the PWC in a manner that resulted in the tube that he was towing to contact the side of the houseboat. It is un-clear as to what speed the PWC was moving at the time of collision as he did not have an estimate. The operator and witness did state that he accelerated prior to the collision. Upon contact with Operator, I did notice the aroma of what I associated to be from and alcoholic beverage. Upon questioning, he admitted to having a few beverages. Operator consented to a blood draw. 
  
  	The results of the blood draw for Operator at the time of 21:10 hrs. was .025 BAC.  This evidence was presented to the Assistant District Attorney who chose not to pursue any charges in this case. This was approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes after the accident. While alcohol is going to be considered a contributing factor to this accident, there will be no charges filed as there is no reason to believe that Operator met the legal threshold of .08 BAC at the time of the accident. The primary contributing factors for this accident is operator inexperience and reckless operation of the vessel.
  
  	Both injured parties were treated and released from Vanderbilt Childrens Hospital the same day.
  