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Norris Lake boating crash leaves operator in serious condition

Posted at 1:36 pm July 13, 2015
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Norris Lake Boat Crash

TWRA Investigator Matt Majors stands at the engine’s lower unit, which was torn from the boat during an accident at Heatherly’s point on Norris Lake late Thursday night. The vessel traveled about 69 feet after striking the point. (Photo by TWRA)

 

LAFOLLETTE—A LaFollette boater remains in serious condition following a boating accident that happened on Norris Lake late Thursday night, authorities said.

Just before midnight, Jimmy Arnold, a 52-year-old white male from LaFollette, was operating an open bow 24-foot Chaparral boat on Norris Lake when the accident occurred just downstream of Shanghai Marina, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said.

According to witnesses on a nearby houseboat, Arnold, who was the vessel’s sole occupant, was headed to their location at Heatherly’s point when the vessel ran aground, sending it about 69 feet onto the point. Witnesses onboard the houseboat dialed 911. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Campbell County, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Recreation, Sports, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: boating accident, boating crash, Campbell County EMS, Jimmy Arnold, Lafollette, Matt Majors, Norris Lake, Shanghai Marina, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, TWRA, UT Lifestar

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