Two separate boating accidents on Lake Lanier during the Fourth of July resulted in four people being hospitalized, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What Happened:?<\/strong> The first incident occurred around 1 p.m. at Buford Dam Park, involving a collision between two personal water crafts. Three people from one watercraft were taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville with lacerations, abrasions, and fractures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the Department of Natural Resources, the rental company allegedly failed to comply with laws and regulations, leading to an arrest. The operator of the at-fault watercraft fled on foot before law enforcement arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The second incident took place at 2:30 p.m. at Burton Mill Park when a person jumped from a boat into shallow water, resulting in a fractured rib. This individual was also taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Big Picture:<\/strong> These incidents serve as a reminder of the potential risks associated with water recreation, especially during busy holiday periods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=48]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two separate boating accidents on Lake Lanier during the Fourth of July resulted in four people being hospitalized, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. What Happened:? The first incident occurred around 1 p.m. at Buford Dam Park, involving a collision between two personal water crafts. Three people from one watercraft were taken to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,14077],"tags":[8664],"class_list":["post-200624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-newsflash","tag-lake-lanier","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=200624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=200624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=200624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=200624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}