The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency says the 11th boating related fatality has occurred on Tennessee waters this year.
TWRA officers and local authorities responding to a call Friday about a man, reportedly in his 70’s, who was fishing with a friend and believed to have suffered a medical emergency and fell into the water where the Hiwassee and Tennessee Rivers meet in Meigs County.
He was not wearing a life jacket and the man still on board tried to save him and called 911, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
