Updated story, posted May 26 at 10 a.m.
The Georgia DNR has released the final numbers on total boating incidents throughout the state over the Memorial Day weekend.
According to the department’s report, there were a total of four BUI’s issued statewide, two of which were reported in the Gainesville region. The other two BUI’s were issued in the Albany area.
A total of five boating incidents occurred across the state, with a total of four injuries reported. Two of the incidents and injuries occurred on Lake Hartwell.
In addition to the incidents on Lake Hartwell, an incident occurred Monday afternoon on Lake Oconee. Game wardens responded to Swords Landing on Lake Oconee at around 4:30 p.m. after a ski boat came to the dock with an injured 8-year-old boy. The boy reportedly had a laceration on his head after falling in the boat while playing. The mother transported the boy to the Morgan Medical Center for treatment.
No drownings or boating fatalities were reported over the Memorial Day weekend.
Original story, posted May 25 at 10 a.m.
As rain has continued to fall intermittently across North Georgia, the number of boating incidents on area waterways has remained low for the usually busy Memorial Day weekend.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issued its updated report of incidents on Georgia waterways on Memorial Day morning, May 25, showing only two such incidents on waterways in the Northeast Georgia area. Both of those incidents occurred on Lake Hartwell.
In the first incident Saturday afternoon, a young girl suffered a leg injury in a personal watercraft accident. In the second incident Sunday afternoon, another young girl suffered a hand injury after falling off a beached vessel on an island in the lake. Both victims were taken to local hospitals for treatment.
So far, only one boating under the influence arrest has been reported on Northeast Georgia waterways for the weekend. Statewide, only three such arrests have been made, with only one other boating incident being reported in a river in Bryan County in Southeast Georgia.
The DNR will issue its final report on the holiday weekend on Tuesday morning.
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