I'm sure more of the story will be released:
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/p...at-in-tn-river
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/36074023...ickamauga-lake
I'm sure more of the story will be released:
http://newschannel9.com/news/local/p...at-in-tn-river
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/36074023...ickamauga-lake
2018 Supra SL400
He climb out the front of the boat or something? I don't understand how this happens on an inboard
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2008 Moomba Mobius LSV. Full Exile System. Can you hear me now?
It probably was an outboard or IO. Ignorant people call all small power boats Skiboats? That is where the Southern Supra reunion was held a few weeks ago. I didn't find the area to be overly crowded sounds like a freak accident.
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It sounds like an I/O or Outboard accident unless he threw the boat in reverse and sucked him under.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — UPDATE:
The TWRA has identified Lee MacLellan as the man who drove the boat which killed 48-year-old Neal Gibson III Sunday.
PREVIOUSLY:
TWRA says a man in his forties died after being hit by a boat in the Tennessee River Sunday. They identify him as Neal Gibson III.
Doug Markham with TWRA says the 48-year-old man was wakeboarding with three others on the Tennessee River.
The TWRA's Matt Majors says Gibson was getting ready to wakeboard from a boat that held a total of four people. They waited for a group of other boaters to pass.
At some point, Majors says Gibson got into the water without anyone else noticing, and when the driver powered up the motor to reposition himself, Gibson was caught in the propeller.
Majors says they do not plan to charge the driver at this point, and says investigators don't believe alcohol was involved, but the driver did get a blood test, as is standard procedure.
2018 Supra SL400
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1983 Supra Beast
1985 Supra Rider
1986 Supra Sunsport Skier
1987 Supra Marauder
1991 Supra Comp ts6m
2012 Supra Sunsport 242
Very hard to do with any inboard . Driver should always be aware of people before powering up .
The only way I would be repositioning the boat is with my eye on the skier. I suppose if the driver was inexperienced and thru it into reverse.....nope .....makes no sense to me....must have been inexperienced driver.
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run your engine after you change the oil
Doug
"There was an apparent miscommunication or some inattentiveness from the operator or Mr. Gibson that led to the boat to end up striking him," said Joe McSpadden, a TWRA officer who responded to the accident.
The TWRA says the boat operator, Lee Maclellan, moved the boat. Gibson, who was in the water, went under the boat and was hit by the propeller.
The propeller cut his leg, with those injuries leading to his death.
"When boat accidents happen - there tends to be quite a bit of trauma," said McSpadden. "And prop strikes - they're not pretty. They're not made to contact people either. They're not made of cushiony foam."
1983 Supra Rider aka Mischief IV
1983 Supra Beast
1985 Supra Rider
1986 Supra Sunsport Skier
1987 Supra Marauder
1991 Supra Comp ts6m
2012 Supra Sunsport 242