ATLANTA — A Macon man has been charged with homicide by vessel after a July boat crash killed one man and injured six others on a Georgia lake.
Local news outlets report that 57-year-old Eric Head surrendered Wednesday at Atlanta’s airport.
Officials say he was driving a boat too fast and under the influence of alcohol when he struck a pontoon boat on July 24 on Lake Tobesofkee.
William Childs, 22, was taken to a hospital where he died from blunt force trauma to the head, Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones said. A woman in her 20s suffered skull fractures and was in critical condition and on a ventilator, Jones said. They were coworkers at the The Fish N Pig restaurant. Childs was the restaurant’s assistant manager.
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Officials also arrested 36-year-old Nathan Hodgson and 35-year-old Stephen Harper. Both Macon residents are charged with hindering apprehension and making false statements to law enforcement.
Information from the Associated Press was used in this report
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