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Boats collide; 3 fishermen in N.C. BFL tourney sent to hospital PDF Print E-mail
Written by Shavonne Potts, salisburypost.com   
Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Photos by Sgt. Anthony Sharum, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
Photos by Sgt. Anthony Sharum, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
Three North Carolina tournament anglers were sent to the hospital after two fishing boats collided during a fishing tournament on High Rock Lake.

Two bass boats ran into each other at 12:30 p.m. in the main channel of the lake, said Sgt. Anthony Sharum of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission.

Four fishermen participating in the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League tournament were involved.

The accident happened with few other boats around, Sharum said.

Boat owner/operator David Redman was injured and taken to Rowan Regional with non-life threatening injuries. His passenger, Darrell McManus, was airlifted to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte with unknown injuries.

The other boat/owner, Tony Stafford, was not injured. His passenger, Kenneth Hutchins, was transported to Rowan Regional complaining of shortness of breath and pain in his ribs. Hutchins was treated and released.

The boats were meeting in a head-on situation at speeds higher than 50 mph. Both operators reportedly made a series of high-speed turns attempting to avoid one another before the collision, Sharum said.

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Division of Enforcement is conducting the investigation.

According to Sharum, speed and failure to observe the "rules of the road" were factors that caused the accident. No charges have been filed.

More than 170 boats with 340 fishermen were participating in the tournament.

–Shavonne Potts, salisburypost.com.

Photos by Sgt. Anthony Sharum, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
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Photos by Sgt. Anthony Sharum, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
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Photos by Sgt. Anthony Sharum, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
Photos by Sgt. Anthony Sharum, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
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