RedactedNarrative: On the 6th of July 2022 I was contacted by the Rhea County Sheriff’s Department about a boating accident that had occurred. I advised TWRA dispatch of the accident and went enroute to the Blythes Ferry Ramp in Rhea County. While enroute radio transmissions from the Rhea County Central Dispatch stated that CPR was in progress and that an individual had sustained injuries to his back and legs. Other radio transmissions stated that CPR was stopped. When I arrived on scene, I spoke with the Rhea County Ambulance Service who stated that a man had succumbed to injures that he had sustained. EMS advised they had called a doctor and the doctor instructed that they could stop CPR because his injuries were not life sustaining. 
  
  	Two witnesses had helped rescue and perform CPR before first responders arrived and while speaking to them, they stated that they were fishing and witnessed a white pontoon boat traveling up the river and could see a man riding on the bow of the pontoon using his feet to splash water up into the air. 
  The witnesses further stated that the man fell off the front of the pontoon and was run over. 
  
  	The witnesses and operator were able to tell that the individual was injured and immediately went toward shore and called 911. While on scene I contacted the operator of the vessel. Operator stated that Victim had fallen from the front of the vessel while using his foot to splash water up onto the boat while she was driving. I detected a slight odor of, and alcoholic beverage coming from Operator and asked if she had been consuming any alcohol. She stated that Victim had consumed 6 beers and that she had consumed 4 beers. I asked Operator who all was on the vessel to which she stated Victim, their 2-year-old child, two dogs, and herself. 
  
  	After statements and pictures were taken at the scene the Rhea County Ambulance Service transported Victim to the Rhea County Hospital for the medical examiner and the Rhea County Sheriff’s Department transported Operator to the Rhea County Hospital for a blood draw. Operator willingly consented to blood draw for toxicology and was released and taken home by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Department Chaplains. The pontoon boat involved was taken to a TWRA facility and secured.
  