Springville, Tenn.–A 60-year-old Tennessee man lost his life on Sunday on Kentucky Lake while fishing.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Wildlife Officers responded to a call about an unoccupied boat on Kentucky Lake at approximately 11:15 a.m.
A bass boat owned by Daniel E. Keeling from Humboldt was found without any occupants near the West Sandy portion of Kentucky Lake in the Springville area.
TWRA Wildlife Officers searched for the missing boater in the vicinity of the unoccupied boat. The body was recovered a few hours later. Mr. Keeling was not wearing a life jacket. Local agencies assisting were the Henry County Sheriff’s office and the Henry County Rescue Squad.
This is the 10th boating-related fatality on Tennessee waters this year.