by Richard Simms
On the water, even when you are doing everything right, things can go terribly wrong.
Boating accidents can happen to anyone. But most of us usually think, “It will never happen to me.”
No doubt Brandon Lee and Matt Price thought that.
Lee is a wildlife officer (game warden) with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Price is a TWRA Boating Officer. Both men spend much of their life enforcing boating safety laws, ensuring that OTHER boaters stay safe. But last year, on Parksville Lake in Polk County, Tenn. the two men became boating accident victims in a scenario that can happen to any boater, even when you are doing everything right.
The two men share their story in hopes of further protecting others. They learned firsthand that ignition kill switches and life preservers can and do save lives. But only if you use them.
Here is the story directly from the mouths of the officers who lived to tell about it.
