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TWRA reports No Boating Related Fatalities over Memorial Day Weekend

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency - TWRANashville, TN – There were no boating-related fatalities over the 2019 Memorial Day holiday weekend according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA). This is the fifth consecutive year without a boating fatality over the holiday weekend.

During the period from May 24th-27th, there were five injury incidents and six property damage incidents. TWRA Region IV in East Tennessee, had two of the injury and five property damage incidents.

TWRA Says There Were No Boating Related Fatalities over 2019 Memorial Day Weekend
TWRA Says There Were No Boating Related Fatalities over 2019 Memorial Day Weekend

TWRA Boating and Law Enforcement officers made 21 boating under the influence (BUI) arrests, the most since the same number was reported in 2016 over the holiday weekend.

The number is an increase from 10 in 2018, a holiday weekend which rain over much of the state slowed activity on the water.

TWRA Region II, which encompasses several lakes in Middle Tennessee, reported the most arrests with eight.

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