RedactedNarrative: On 4/23/2022 at approximately 1523 hours TWRA officers responded to a call of a vessel collision with multiple injuries. Upon arriving on scene officers discovered that a single vessel had collided with the shore on Nickajack lake near Raccoon Mountain. 
  
  The vessel contained four occupants and upon the officer’s arrival the driver of the vessel had already been transported by personal owned vehicle to a Hospital in Chattanooga. The three remaining parties were still on scene and had suffered injuries that resulted in two of the remaining three had to be transported to a Hospital in Chattanooga by ambulance. 
  
  Witnesses’ that were interviewed on scene had stated that the vessel started at a high rate of speed down river with a straight path when the vessel lost control and took a hard turn to the right side of the vessel with a new path heading straight to the shore. 
  
  The vessel collided with the shore and a tree that was on the shore that was all approximately 20 feet away from by standers and other moored vessels. Based on witness interviews the vessel, which is a modified speed boat, has a top speed at around 60 Miles per hour and the driver stated that he was driving it at the wide-open throttle position. 
  
  The driver also stated that he never lost hold of the steering wheel during the sudden direction change and unsure why there was a sudden direction change. The incident occurred in Marion County.  The passengers were injured after impacting the vessel.