The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) reports there were two boating-related fatalities over the 2020 Labor Day holiday period from September 4-7, 2020.

The fatal incidents occurred on Watts Bar Lake and Old Hickory Lake. TWRA officers were dispatched to a third fatal incident on the Hatchie River but it was reported to be medical related.

The Watts Barr single vessel incident occurred Saturday shortly before 6 p.m. near Blue Springs Marina in Roane County. A 23-foot Chaparral cuddy cabin boat ran aground. Don Campbell, age 55, of Ooltewah, was pronounced dead at the scene. The mother was last listed in stable condition at U.T. Medical Center and the child was treated at the hospital and released to family members.

The Old Hickory single vessel incident occurred Sunday at approximately 3:30 p.m. Madison Renee Shipley, age 23, from Winona Lake, Indiana who had recently moved to Nashville, fell from a pontoon boat while in the Drakes Creek section of the lake. Her body was recovered around 9 p.m.

TWRA boating officers made four boating under the influence (BUI) arrests. Officers investigated other incidents which involved five serious injuries and six which had property damage.

The Labor Day incidents bring the number of state boating fatalities to 24 in 2020. There have been 54 incidents resulting in 70 injuries and 76 involving property damage.

The TWRA Boating and Law Enforcement Division compiled the Labor Day weekend statistics after receiving reports from the agency’s four regions.