One Dead and Two Injured After Boats Collide on Lake Martin
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Posted by: Matt Boster
Date: Jun 20 2015 2:41 PM
LAKE MARTIN, AL (WSFA) -
Investigators with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency are confirming that one person has died and two others are injured following the collision of two boats late Friday evening on Lake Martin.
Alexander City resident Stanley Sides, 66, was killed after a bass boat slammed into the back of the pontoon boat he was operating. The incident happened around 8:45 p.m. in Kowaliga Bay. That's in the Tallapoosa River channel of Lake Martin between Dennis Creek and Mallard Point in Tallapoosa County.
Authorities say two other people on Sides' pontoon boat were taken to Russell Medical Center for treatment of injuries.
No information has been released regarding the operator or any passengers from the bass boat.
Alabama State Troopers from the Marine Patrol Division are actively investigating the collision.
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