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TWRA says 11th Boating Fatality on Tennessee Waters Has Happened in Meigs County

TWRA says 11th Boating Fatality on Tennessee Waters Has Happened in Meigs County

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…MORE

Identity of Watts Bar Boating Incient Victim Released

Identity of Watts Bar Boating Incient Victim Released

LOUDON, Tenn. (TWRA) —The identity of a man who drowned while docking his boat at a Watts Bar Lake marina yesterday (Thursday 7/4) is being released. James Doyle Frost, 75, of Knoxville, drowned while docking his boat at Tennessee National Marina yesterday afternoon.  Witnesses say he fell overboard, went underwater, and did not resurface.  A…MORE

Two Hikers ‘Seriously Injured’ in Great Smoky Mountains, Rangers Say

Two Hikers ‘Seriously Injured’ in Great Smoky Mountains, Rangers Say

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Two hikers are seriously injured Wednesday afternoon in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. National Park Service officials say rangers reportedly responded to two hikers who fell from Cataract Falls. According to the Park Service, both hikers were taken by helicopter from the Sugarlands Visitor Center to a hospital. NPS officials are…MORE

One Dead after Knoxville car crash on Pellissippi Parkway

One Dead after Knoxville car crash on Pellissippi Parkway

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway following a deadly single-car crash Tuesday morning on Pellissippi Parkway. Knoxville Police Department officials say officers responded around 8:30 a.m. to I-140 near Northshore Drive, where witnesses had reported that a car had flipped off the roadway. When officers arrived on the scene, KPD says they found a…MORE