RedactedNarrative: On May 8th 2021 at approximately 1420 hours Tennessee Wildlife Officers were dispatched to a fatal boating accident south of Cottonport Resort in Meigs County. The 911 operator advised TWRA dispatch that the incident occurred in a slough around the 510 river mile marker called Jones Slough. 
  
  Upon officers arriving on scene there was one individual floating in the water face up already deceased. There was another man in a bass boat that was struggling with hypothermic symptoms. That individual was transported by ambulance to Starr Medical in Athens, Tennessee. 
  
  An interview with the surviving party stated that he was driving while the deceased party was sitting up front in the fishing stool. While traveling at a low speed at less than 5 mph the operator let off the throttle and that is when the bow of the vessel went under water causing the vessel to swamp and both parties being ejected. 
  
  The vessel was located by Wildlife Officers in about 6 feet of water. Once the vessel was recovered by Wildlife Officers there were two small leaks noticed at the forward portion on the keel of the vessel. The vessel was taken to the district office pending the investigation. The incident occurred in Meigs County. Water had entered the vessel and added to the instability causing it to dip forward on the throttle change.