Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency urges Safe Boating this Memorial Day Weekend

Nashville, TN – Memorial Day holiday weekend is regarded as the unofficial start to the summer boating season and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wants to emphasize the use of life jackets while boating in a safe and responsible manner.

Annually, the Memorial Day weekend is one of the year’s busiest boating weekends. Last year over the holiday weekend, there were no boating fatalities. There were six reported accidents, two of which resulted in injuries. [Read more]

Man convicted in Kentucky Lake Fatal Accident receives his sentence

Nashville, TN – A Montgomery County man convicted earlier this fall of charges stemming from a fatal boating accident on Kentucky Lake in 2009 has received his sentence which will include jail time, probation, and community service.

David Ray Phelps, of Woodlawn, received his sentence at a hearing December 6th in Henry County Circuit Court in Paris. Phelps was found guilty of vehicular homicide, aggravated assault, reckless operation of a motor boat and boating under the influence (BUI). The verdict came after a lengthy jury trial in Henry County.

A bass boat Phelps, 37, was operating, struck a pontoon boat occupied by seven family members on July 2nd, 2009. Sandra R. Adams, 47, was killed and her daughter, Meghan Adams, 16, was seriously injured. [Read more]