Alcohol-impaired boater kills 10-year-old Brooklyn Carroll…

Boating Accident North Carolina Today in North Carolina: In August 2025, an alcohol-impaired boater struck a group of swimmers gathered near an anchored boat on Shearon Harris Lake in Chatham County, North Carolina. Ten-year-old Brooklyn Carroll was killed, and an adult family friend suffered injuries that resulted in the amputation of a leg. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission is increasing impaired boating patrols ahead of the Fourth of July as part of Operation Dry Water, citing the incident as a preventable tragedy linked to alcohol use, the leading known contributing factor in recreational boating deaths.