Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006
By Marcie Young
Charlotte Observer Staff Writer
Authorities have identified the body of a Winston-Salem man who died on Lake Norman last week.
Brandon Bates, 26, was boating with friends on the Catawba County side of the lake when he fell overboard Aug. 21. The state coroner identified Bates' body after it was brought to Raleigh on Thursday afternoon.
The boat's driver, Robert William Ray Grooms of Mooresville, has been charged with boating while impaired.
Bates was the ninth person this year to die on Lake Norman.
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