Watts Bar drowning over Memorial Day weekend marks eighth boating-related death for 2024
A 19-year-old Roane County man drowned Sunday after jumping into Watts Bar Lake from a pontoon boat.
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Safe Boating Week 2024 kicks off Saturday in advance of Memorial Day weekend
The number of boating-related fatalities investigated by state wildlife officials so far this year, five, is behind the nine deaths investigated by authorities at the same time in 2023, but the season is just getting started, according to state wildlife officials. All the more reason for boaters to be safety conscious.
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UPDATE: Body of missing 78-year-old boater found in Chickamauga Lake on Monday evening
TWRA spokesperson Mime Barnes says the man was one of two people who were fishing from a bass boat when he fell in the water.
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UPDATE: Boater found in Chickamauga Lake on Monday identified as retired Chambliss Center president & CEO
A TWRA spokesperson says 78-year-old Philip Acord was one of two people who were fishing from a bass boat when he fell in the water.
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Missing boater found dead on Chickamauga Lake identified as Phil Acord
A boater found dead in Chickamauga Lake on Monday has been identified as Phil Acord, a longtime CEO of Chattanoogas Chambliss Center for Children.
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