RedactedNarrative: On Saturday June 25, 2016 Dispatch advised me of a possible boating accident with injuries that had occurred at around 1700 hours on the Holston River in Jefferson County, TN. I responded to the incident with Officer. Dispatch reported that the boat accident had injuries and the injured persons were being transported to Jefferson Memorial Hospital. 
  
  Officer1 and I arrived at Jefferson Memorial Hospital where we found two people who stated they had been involved in the boating accident on the Holston River. Officer1 and I surveyed their injuries and obtained statements and boat accident report information from them. 
  
  Officers arrived at the accident location where they spoke with Operator and Occupant1, who stated they were the operator and uninjured occupant. Sergeant, Officers obtained statements and collected boat accident report information. Sergeant  seized the vessel involved for evidence. Officer  transported the operator  to Jefferson Memorial Hospital where Operator submitted to a blood sample request.
  
  BASED ON STATEMENTS:
  On June 25, 2016 Operator, Occupant1, Occupant2, and Occupant3 were fishing from a vessel on the Holston River below Cherokee Dam in Jefferson County. The vessel was an 18 foot aluminum G3 jon boat with a 90 horsepower jet drive outboard engine. Operator was the operator of the vessel while it was traveling downstream. Occupant1 was seated in the rear of the vessel while the two others were positioned towards the bow. Operator was approaching an area of the river that had shallow shoals. Operator was traveling at approximately 20-30 mph and attempted to steer the vessel prior to nearing the shoals. The vessel hit exposed rock and rock just beneath the water''s surface when it crossed the shoal. This caused the vessel to come to an abrupt stop. Operator was thrown to the bow of the vessel while the others were ejected into the water.
  
  INJURIES:
  Occupant2 obtained a deep laceration to the left forearm that required 12 stitches.
  Occupant3 obtained contusions to his back and was unable to be reached for an injury update.
  
  DAMAGE:
  The vessel obtained significant damage to the hull including a large gash on the lower port side of the vessel. The vessel also had significant dints throughout the bottom of the hull. The center console portion of the vessel had significant aluminum structural damage.
  
  REPORTS:
  The Official Alcohol/Toxicology Report was tested by the TBI and showed no trace of alcohol in Operator''s system.