TWRA Boating Accident Investigators Matt Majors and George Birdwell, along with Officer Clint Smith, use a remote operated vehicle to locate the body of Roman Weaver, who died in a boating incident on Norris Lake on Sunday. (Photo by TWRA)
State officials have identified the man who died in a boating accident on Norris Lake on Sunday as Roman Martin Weaver, 29, of Jonesville, Virginia.
Investigators from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said that Weaver was killed after falling from an inner tube being towed behind a rented pontoon boat being operated by Blake Oliver, age 28, also of Jonesville.
According to investigators, Weaver fell from the inner tube around 1:30 p.m. Sunday and could not be located by Oliver or bystanders who helped. [Read more…]
