Workers at Lake Barkley Marina are being credited with saving lives Sunday afternoon when a capsized boat sent people into the lake and pinned a woman under the water.
Tammi Head is the general manager of the marina and said just before 1 o’clock, a boat began taking on water as it approached the courtesy dock. Wake from other watercraft added more water and quickly caused two people, including a passenger in a wheelchair, to go into the water. Head said that’s when marina employees Max Bauserman and Micah Brown went to help.
click to download audioAidan Moore, who had just shown up to work, was another employee that quickly went into the water to help. Brown said he and several others were able to keep the situation from turning tragic.
click to download audioBauserman said the team effort is part of the everyday atmosphere at the marina.
click to download audioWhile Brown and Bauserman downplayed what happened, Head said the situation could have been tragic had the workers not went into the water when they did.
click to download audioThe Fourth of July holiday is the busiest time on Lake Barkley and Head added that waves caused by other watercraft in the area forced another boater to block the area when her employees and others went into the water to help.
The passengers were treated at the scene by the Trigg County Ambulance Service. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife was called to the scene to investigate.
