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TWRA responds to boating fatality Saturday afternoon

From Local 3 News… Around 2 p.m. Saturday, TWRA officers responded to a missing person report on Chickamauga Lake. Crews learned a 42-year-o

From Local 3 News…

Around 2 p.m. Saturday, TWRA officers responded to a missing person report on Chickamauga Lake.

Crews learned a 42-year-old Hamilton County man was not wearing a life jacket while loading his boat in strong winds.

Agencies say they found a body in about 4-feet of water.

The name of the victim has not been released.

This is the 26th boating fatality this year.