This is from the Virginia game warden bust email they issue once a month.
Virginia Conservation Police Notebook
November 6 – 26, 2019
https://www.dgif.virginia.gov/blog/v...ce-notebook-26
Fatal Boating Incident – On Nov. 17, 2019, CPOs Adams and Chambers responded to a call for a fatal boating accident on Chickahominy Lake near Walker’s Dam in New Kent County. A preliminary investigation was begun and it was determined that around noon, two men were fishing from a 20′ Alumacraft boat near the dam locks. One fisherman was standing on the bow of the boat and had set the trolling motor to the auto anchor mode and had the gas powered Suzuki 150 HP outboard lowered and running. The conditions were windy and the vessel began to drift from its position causing the auto anchor mode to attempt to correct the vessel’s location. The trolling motor began moving the vessel quickly towards the closed locks. The fisherman on the bow told his friend to put the outboard in reverse because they were going to hit the boat lock on the dam. When the outboard motor was placed in reverse, the fisherman at the bow fell from his standing position over the pedestal seat on the bow and into the interior deck of the boat. The fisherman landed on his head causing a severe laceration and breaking his neck. The second fisherman drove the boat to a local marina where they had launched. Paramedics arrived on scene to find the fisherman with no pulse. They performed CPR but they were unable to revive him. The fisherman was pronounced dead at the scene. No charges are being placed.
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