Men thrown from boat at Harris Lake in New Hill, search underway
WRAL NEWS APP TO WATCH RADAR
IN REAL-TIME TO SEE WHEN STORMS
ARE IN YOUR AREA. IT WAS A SAD
AND INTO A SEARCH AND RESCUE.
THEN RECOVERY EFFORT AND WAKE
COUNTY TODAY THAT SPANNED MORE
THAN 5 HOURS TONIGHT. ONE MAN
IS DEAD. ANOTHER MAN IS
RECOVERING IN THE HOSPITAL
AFTER A BOAT CRASH ON HARRIS
LAKE WRL'S CHELSEA DONOVAN
WALKS US THROUGH THE TIMELINE.
>> OF WHAT HAPPENED.
>> YOU CAN SEE DAMAGE TO THE
FRONT END OF THIS SMALL
FISHING. BUT IT'S THE SAME BOAT
THAT AUTHORITIES SAY 2 MEN WERE
FISHING IN IN THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS WHEN THEY HIT A CONCRETE
PILING ONE MAN WAS RESCUED.
THE OTHER MAN DIED. IT'S A VERY
SAD, SITUATION. 2 MEN INSIDE
THIS MALL NOW WRECKED FISHING
BOAT WERE OUT ON HARRIS LIKE
EARLY THIS MORNING, PROSPAL OR
2 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
>> TO A VOTE COLLIDED WITH A
SUMMIT PILE ON HERE AT THE
LAKE. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE
2 MEN STRUCK A CONCRETE PILING
LIKE THIS ONE. WE SAY THAT WE
KNOW AT LEAST ONE WAS THROWN
FROM THE BOAT BECAUSE HE WAS
RECOVERED OUTSIDE THE BOAT.
OTHER WITNESSES MADE THE 9-1-1
CALL FOR HELP OR A WITNESS HERE
AT THE LAKE SAID THEY COULD
HEAR SOMEONE YELLING FOR HELP
FROM THE LAKE AROUND 07:00AM
ONE OF THE FISHERMAN WAS FOUND
ALIVE. HERE HE IS BEING
TRANSPORTED FROM A RESCUE BOAT
TO AN AMBULANCE. HE'S NOW BEING
TREATED FOR HIS INJURIES.
5 HOURS LATER WITH THE HELP
OF A HUMAN CADAVER DOGS, DRONES
AND SONAR, A BODY WAS FOUND
16 FEET DEEP IN THE WATER.
WHAT SHE'S LOOKING FOR ARE
PROBABLES. COMING UP.
FROM, UNFORTUNATELY, A DROWNING
VICTIM AROUND 12, 30 RESCUE
AND RECOVERY CREWS TOWED IN THE
BOAT. THE MEN WERE FISHING ON,
BUT OUR HEART GOES OUT TO THE
FAMILY. FRIENDS AND THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE
BEEN IMPACTED. WAKE COUNTY
AUTHORITIES ARE STILL IN THE
PROCESS OF NOTIFYING NEXT OF
KIN.