CATAWBA COUNTY, NC — Officials with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission have identified the driver killed in the boating accident Thursday morning as Walter Laudenslager, 45.
The Catawba County Sheriff’s Office received a call shortly after 2am Thursday morning about a boat colliding with a dock off Bankhead Road on Lake Norman.
Officials say the three people aboard appear to have been drinking on shore, took the boat out, and collided with the dock during their return. They estimate the boat was going around 45-50mph when the collision happened.
The driver was killed, but the 2 passengers only suffered minor injuries and refused treatment from medics on scene.
