RedactedNarrative: According to statements from the occupants and driver of the boat, Operator, on Wednesday September 18, 2019 the group of nine left the private dock on Shipwatch Ln. in Knox County for a boat ride to Lakeside Tavern for supper.  After supper at the restaurant, subject1 was taken to shore to meet someone for a ride home.  The other occupants of the boat then began traveling back to the dock at Shipwatch Ln.  As the boat traveled in the narrow Little River section of Fort Loudoun Lake, the driver observed a bridge pylon in the path of the boat.  However, the pylon was too close for the driver to maneuver the boat to avoid a collision and it impacted the pylon.  After the collision, the boat was driven to the dock at Shipwatch Ln. where emergency personnel arrived.  Three people were then transported to the University of Tennessee Medical Center by ambulance.  One other went to the hospital by private vehicle after the incident.  The next day one more person went to Jefferson Memorial Hospital for medical treatment.
  
  
  Waterway Description
  The Little River section of Ft. Loudoun Lake is approximately 6.7 miles long from the low head dam at Egwani Farms Golf Course to where it meets the main channel near river mile 636.  Knox and Blount Counties boarder each other for approximately 2.9 miles on Little River.  At the low head dam the river is approximately 73 yds. wide and approximately 365 yds. wide where it meets the main channel.
  