RedactedNarrative: On February 24th, 2017 Subject was fishing on Tims Ford Reservoir in his pontoon boat.  At around 3:30pm Subject'' fishing line got caught on his outboard motor while he was drifting.  
  
  Subject went on to the back of his boat and was standing on the rear deck of the boat outside of the railing.  Subject was leaning on the swim ladder that was in the upright position on the back of the boat so that he could try to get his line off of the motor. 
  
  While Subject was leaning on the ladder it came loose and Subject fell into the water.  Subject was not wearing a life jacket.  Subject tried to swim to his boat but, because the wind was blowing around 13-14mph, it was being blown away from him faster than he could swim to it.  Subject tried to grab his fishing pole that was still attached to the motor and was drifting behind the boat but couldn’t get it.  Subject then swam with the wind towards shore.  Subject made it to shore after swimming approximately 200 yards.  Subject had called for help when he first fell in and several people had heard him and someone called 911.  
  
  State Park Rangers and TWRA Boating Officer arrived on scene and found Subject lying on the bank.  Subject was responsive but exhausted from his swim and not moving much.  Subject had also lost his glasses in the lake so he couldn''t see and that also aggravates some previous head injuries. 
  
  Officer and the State Park Rangers loaded him onto the TWRA patrol boat and took him to the State Park Boat Ramp to be picked up by an ambulance.  Subject was taken to Southern Tennessee Regional Healthcare center in Winchester, Tn where he was checked by the medical staff and released a couple of hours later.  There was some beer on the vessel including an open beer in a coozie at the front of the boat.  He admitted to drinking when Officer talked to him at the hospital.  Subject stated that he had drunk 2 beers and part of a third earlier in the day before the accident.  Subject agreed to having his blood drawn to be tested for alcohol.  By the time that Subject'' blood was drawn at the hospital it had been around 2 hrs since the accident occurred.  The blood test results from TBI were negative for alcohol.
  