On July 8th, 2023, TWRA Wildlife Officers responded to Chester Frost Park on Chickamauga Lake with the report of a two-vessel collision without any injuries. 

Upon arriving on scene, the operators of the two vessels stated the while loading both boats at the boat ramp the Runabout vessel listed as vessel 1 got caught up with a wind gust and was unable to control the vessel. 

Once the vessel came out of his control the right rear corner made contact with the left pontoon of vessel 2. The collision caused damage to the left side pontoon and minor damage to the right rear corner of vessel 1. The vessel 1 operator stated that it was his fault and that he was not used to the jet drive propulsion of his vessel. The incident occurred in Hamilton County.
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