On August 31st, 2023, at approximately 0930 hours Hamilton County 911 advised Tennessee Wildlife Officers of a traumatic injury that had occurred at the Luptin City Boat Ramp on Nickajack Lake in Chattanooga Tennessee. 

Dispatchers advised officers that the injured party was being transported to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga with a severe head injury. Once officers arrived at the hospital one of the involved parties was in the lobby and was interviewed. 

He had advised officers that while he was in the truck waiting on the boat to be loaded, while attempting to load the boat onto the trailer the boat operator fell out of the boat and struck his head and began to have seizures. 

The injured party had been intubated by medical personnel prior to officers arriving on scene. The incident occurred in Hamilton County.
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