The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and Department of Public Safety released their final numbers Tuesday.
GEORGIA, USA — Editor’s note: The video above is from a previous report.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Georgia Department of Public Safety released a final report detailing the number of incidents on roads and waterways in the Peach State over the Memorial Day weekend.
This year, two people drowned, one on St. Simons Island and another in a private pond in Muscogee County. Twenty-nine people were also charged with boating under the influence. The department also reported that a total of four people were injured and there were three boating incidents. No one died in any of the boating incidents.
The Georgia Department of Public Safety published that there were at least 11 deaths on the roads of the Peach State, according to a post on the X platform.
The DPS road travel period began on Friday, May 24 at 6 p.m. and ended on Monday, May 27 at 11:59 p.m.
DNR officials said the navigation period began at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, May 25, and ended at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, May 27.
Authorities added that the drowning in Muscogee County occurred on Monday when game wardens received information about a body that was in the private pond. DNR added that the victim was wearing a swimsuit in the pond in a wooded area.
Although the drowning was reported on Monday, authorities believe the victim had been dead in the pond for two or three days. DNR said the body would be sent to the crime lab to determine the cause of death.
The department said the other drowning on St. Simons Island occurred late Sunday afternoon. A 33-year-old man was greeted from the water line at Neptune Beach. DNR officials said they took him to the hospital, where crews performed life-saving measures, but he sadly passed away. DNR officials sent his body to the crime lab to rule out any medical problems.
At a news conference Thursday, DNR officials said rangers would show little tolerance for those who violate boating laws as authorities crack down on boaters under the influence.
DNR rangers were also on the lookout for those violating the 100-foot wave rule, which states that if you are within 100 feet of people or other structures, you must be at wake speed. They will also look for 200-foot wave speed violations.
At the press conference, the Governor’s Highway Safety and Georgia State Patrol announced plans to increase road patrols during the holiday period.
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