One Person Killed In Crash On South Holston Lake

A message on the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency’s Facebook page is encouraging safe boating to ensure a fun and safe Memorial Day Holiday, unfortunately that did not occur for one female passenger on a personal watercraft Monday on South Holston Lake. The TWRA says that craft and a deck boat collided Monday evening around six, near the U.S. 421 access area on South Holston. A female passenger died in the crash, and the male driver of the vessel was flown to a local hospital for treatment of serious injuries. No other injuries were reported and the crash remains under investigation.