On September 28, 2023, Corporal and I, Game Warden went and interviewed Operator in reference to a boating incident that happened on September 2, 2023, near Van Pugh. In an interview with the subject, it was said that he was the only person on the vessel and was leaving Holiday Marina headed towards Three Sister Islands. 

The subject stated that he stopped his vessel and got turned around on the lake. When the subject came back up on plane, he thought he was headed in the direction of Three Sister Islands where he would normally drive between the Islands. However, the subject headed in the direction towards Van Pugh where he struck a sand bar while going approximately 30 miles per hour. 

The subject stated that he was standing when he was driving the vessel, and when it struck the sandbar, he hit the windshield of the vessel and cut his lower lip. The vessel came to rest out of the water approximately 50 feet on the sandbar. The subject called his son to come get him from where the boating incident happened. The son then transported victim to Northside Hospital in Cumming Ga, where he received four stitches in his lower lip. The vessel was left over night on the sandbar. The subject came back the next day and had Towboat USA retrieve the boat. 

He admitted to not reporting the boating incident as he thought he would be able to handle the situation himself. He was given a citation for failure to report a boating incident and a warning for operating a vessel to fast for conditions. There is nothing further to report.
Lake Lanier
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