On the listed date above at approximately 1755, I Game Warden and Sgt. got dispatched to a boating incident call that a man had his leg stuck under a pontoon in the cove across from Rayville Marina on Clarks Hill Lake. We arrived on scene at 1822 where Cpl. picked us up by boat. When we got to the incident location where fire and EMS had the man on board headed back to the marina. 

We boarded the vessel where we could smell the strong odor of alcoholic beverages. We could see the man with a small laceration below the knee of his left leg. We also noticed an empty bag with around ten or more empty Coors/ Bud Light/ and Michelob ULTRA cans. EMS and fire loaded him on a stretcher and put him in the back of the ambulance. The other occupant on board was uninjured and explained to us the incident where Victim was operating the boat and had run aground on a sandbar. Victim was going to get off to push the boat off the sandbar. While trying to depart from the vessel via the ladder he slipped and fell with his left leg going through one of the rungs of the ladder. He could not manage to get himself out. Subject1 stated she had to help hold Victim above water till EMS arrived. The vessel listed above was a rental Pontoon from Points West. We checked for all safety equipment and the rental paperwork. Sgt then addressed all the alcohol on the boat and what Victim was drinking. Subject1 explained to us that she didn’t drink beer. She had her own alcoholic beverages on board. We checked Subject1 to see if she was able to drive or take the boat back and as a result, Sgt. deemed her unable to drive. Subject1 then had someone come pick her up and an employee from Points West came to pick up the pontoon. Sgt. and I followed up with  Victim at the hospital but did not get an extent to his injury’s. 

Clarks Hill Lake
THOMSON                       