One person is dead after a Saturday afternoon boating accident on Chickamauga Lake in Meigs County, according to a news release from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
Officers were dispatched to the scene where a 14-foot flat bottom johnboat sank in 6 feet of water at around 1:20 p.m. in Johns Slough, just south of Cottonport Marina. One of the two boaters swam to shore and a nearby angler came to help. Several others helped recover the body of the deceased person, who had not been wearing a life jacket, the release states.
It is not known why the boat sank. The incident is currently under investigation.
– Compiled by Kim Sebring