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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A 19-year-old Roane County man drowned Sunday after jumping into Watts Bar Lake from a pontoon boat.
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.
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.
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.
A boater found dead in Chickamauga Lake on Monday has been identified as Phil Acord, a longtime CEO of Chattanooga's Chambliss Center for Children.