34 drunk boat operators, 4 drownings over July 4 weekend in Georgia

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources released its final counts for boating and water-related incidents during the July 4 holiday weekend.

According to the report, shared by the DNR Law Enforcement Division, there were 34 people cited for boating under the influence, four people drowned, three people were injured in boating incidents and game wardens responded to six boating situations.

Of the BUIs reported over the holiday, Lake Lanier had the single largest number of boaters under the influence, with eight of them over the weekend…

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