RedactedNarrative: On the afternoon of 6-18-2016 while working boating enforcement, I was dispatched to a call about a boating incident on the upper end of Cherokee Lake just below John Sevier Steam Plant Dam. I arrived on scene and observed a partially sunken boat just below the first set of bridge pylons downstream of the Steam Plant.
  
  Operator stated that he was traveling downstream from John Sevier Steam Plant dam headed back to the Hugh B. Day Bridge. Operator stated that he was on plane traveling at approximately 10-20 mph in his 1974 Bass Charger. Operator stated that he had three occupants onboard. 
  
  Operator stated at approximately 1300 hours as they were traveling downstream about 100 yards below the first set of bridge pylons downstream of the Steam Plant, the motor hit a submerged object and bounced up out of the water. Occupant2 stated that the motor then hit another submerged object and bounced back out of the water, the motor mount broke which left the motor hanging by steering cables and the fuel line. 
  
  Operator stated that the boat began to take on water and started sinking. Occupant2 stated that everyone had on PFDs at this time and they jumped into the water and swam to shore. Operator stated that he grabbed the rope on the front of the boat and tried to swim it to shore. He made it approximately 50 yards downstream before the boat got stuck on the bottom. 
  
  The second strike caused the motor to break free from the transom. While attempting to recover personal property from the partially sunk vessel, I observed the motor missing and severe transom damage.
  