TWRA Reports Boating Fatality On Kentucky Lake

HENRY COUNTY, Tenn. – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) responded to a report of a fatal two-boat collision on the West Sandy portion of Kentucky Lake in Henry County yesterday around 5 p.m.

The news release says a preliminary investigation indicates that a Triton boat and a Javelin boat collided, ejecting all occupants of both boats into the water. Two occupants were able to return to the boats. However, the operator of the Javelin was missing. Several local fishermen responded to the collision to assist the boaters. TWRA used a remote operating vehicle (ROV) to locate and recover the body of 39-year-old Dresden man T.J. Long.

Henry County Sheriff’s Department, Henry County EMS, and Paris-Henry County Rescue Squad are assisting with the investigation. 

This is the fourth boating-related fatality on Tennessee waters this year.