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Man dies in Wayne County boat accident
091715 Fatal Boat Wreck
Wayne County Sheriff John Carter said two boats collided Thursday afternoon. The accident occurred near Paradise Landing Park on a waterway that leads into the Altamaha River. - photo by Lewis Levine

One man is dead and two others injured after a boating accident Thursday afternoon in Wayne County.

Wayne County Sheriff John Carter said two boats collided. The accident occurred near Paradise Landing Park on a waterway that leads into the Altamaha River.   

Carter said three boaters were in one vessel, and a single boater was in the other.  

The sheriff would not comment on how the man died. He said an autopsy will be conducted at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab in Savannah. 

The accident was reported at 5:45 p.m.

The two injured men were taken to Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup.

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