An incident on Lake Lanier Friday, in which a personal watercraft injured two young children, at least one seriously, has brought back into question the safety about boating on our public waterways. Susan Mittleman has more.
Last Friday, an 11 year-old boy and a 15 year-old girl were hit by a Jet Ski on Lake Lanier while in an inner tube. The operator of the vehicle, Jeffrey Hubbard, has not been charged yet as the case is still under investigation.
In Georgia, you do not have to have a license to drive a boat, you just need to be at least 16 years old with a government-issued ID. And on lakes, there’s no traffic lanes and no speed limits.
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