Recently, a 21-foot ski boat in Lake Lanier struck a couple’s boat killing a 59-year-old man, Stephen Jones, and seriously injuring the woman.  Steven Parker and Ashley LeBlanc were the occupants of the ski boat.  They were crossing the lake just after midnight when they struck the other boat.  Multiple rescue boats immediately started to look for the couple’s boat and the Gwinnett Police Aviation Unit helped as well.  Approximately thirty minutes later, the couple’s bodies were found.

Investigators are now going over the two boats to determine who is at fault for the fatal accident.  They are looking at gauges, safety light bulbs and send away for blood tests.  This is not the first fatality on Lake Lanier this year though.  This is the third.  They have yet to state whether the people on the ski boat were on drugs or alcohol.