NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency boating officers made six boating under the influence (BUI) arrests and one additional arrest over the July 4 holiday weekend in Tennessee.
The holiday boating period extended from July 3-5.
TWRA boating officers checked more than 2,900 vessels, issued 94 citations, and 127 warnings during the weekend.
TWRA reported a single boating-related fatality.
The fatal incident occurred on Kentucky Lake on July 5 when a victim drowned after falling off a boat and is classified as a boating-related incident.
There were two boating-related fatalities over the same period last year. Through the July 4th holiday weekend, there have been 11 boating-related fatalities on the state’s waterways in 2015 as compared to nine through the same period last year and 14 in 2013.