From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
WINSTON COUNTY — Marine Patrol Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) and several other agencies have suspended the search for a woman on Smith Lake after resuming the search Saturday from noon until 4:30 p.m.
Kelsey Nicole Starling, 26, of Troy, was a passenger in a 2012 Mastercraft wakeboard boat when it collided with another vessel on the night of July 4. The crash occurred in the Rock Creek area around 10 p.m. on Thursday.
Four other passengers of the Mastercraft were hurt. One other person was hurt on the pontoon boat that the Mastercraft collided with.
The operator of the Mastercraft, 23-year-old William Jackson Fite of Decatur, was booked into the Winston County jail early Friday on a charge of Boating Under the Influence, according to ALEA.
Christian Aid Ministries, a specialty search and rescue unit out the Tennessee area, is using high definition sonar imaging to scan the area. Divers are on the scene along with several local volunteer fire departments and ALEA Marine Patrol Division.
Crane Hill VFD, Logan VFD, Dodge City VFD, Helicon VFD, Smith Lake Task Force, Regional Paramedics Service, Cullman County Sheriff’s Office, Winston County EMA and Cullman County EMA were among the agencies assisting with the search.