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Updated: Man identified in drowning at Bull Run Park

Posted at 5:32 pm August 13, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Note: This story was updated at 12:30 p.m. Aug. 15.

A person was pulled from the water at Bull Run Park in a possible drowning on Tuesday morning, authorities said.

The man was identified on Wednesday as Anthony Wayne Daniels, 45, of Clinton.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the park at about 8:10 a.m. Tuesday, said Tyler Mayes, ACSO director of administrative services.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Front Page News, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: ACSO, Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, Bull Run Park, drowning, Tyler Mayes

Update: TWRA identifies drowning victim as Norris man

Posted at 11:20 am September 7, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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Rescuers recovered the body of a missing Anderson County boater in Norris Lake on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016. (Photo by TWRA)

 

Information from WYSH Radio/Oak Ridge Today

The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has identified the man who drowned on Norris Lake on Monday as Roy McClenney Jr., 71, of Norris.

McClenney’s body was recovered from 46 feet of water at around 6:40 p.m. Monday.

The TWRA said they were called shortly after noon when the man jumped off of a pontoon boat anchored in a cove near Sugar Camp Lane in Maynardville in Union County and never resurfaced.

Rescue crews from Union County and Knoxville joined TWRA in the search for the man, who was located with help from a remote operated vehicle, or ROV. TWRA officers located the man’s body, and divers from the Knoxville Rescue Squad made the recovery. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Knoxville, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Union County Tagged With: drowning, Maynardville, Norris Lake, remote operated vehicle, ROV, Roy McClenney Jr., Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, TWRA, WYSH Radio

Please be careful: TWRA responds to drownings, hit-and-run, boat fires, sinking boats

Posted at 3:56 pm July 4, 2016
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TWRA logo for news release

Since Thursday, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has responded to more than a dozen serious boating incidents, including drownings, a hit-and-run crash on the water, boat fires, sinking boats, and boat crashes, officials said.

“As we head into the afternoon and evening of the Fourth of July, to say that wildlife and boating officers have been busy this holiday weekend would be a vast understatement,” a press release said. “It’s a good thing that TWRA officers hope for the best and prepare for the worst as they have worked tirelessly around the clock responding to over a dozen serious boating incidents on Ft. Loudon, Norris, and Melton Hill lakes alone.”

Since Thursday, officers have investigated or assisted with two drownings, a hit-and-run personal watercraft incident, three boat fires, multiple sinking boats, and boat collisions, as well as making a rescue on Chilhowee Mountain and arresting five operators for boating under the influence, or BUI, the press release said. An illegal black bear hunting case was also made on Friday night.

On Saturday on Norris Lake, officers investigated two boating accidents before the Fire on the Water fireworks show as well as two accidents after the show. In one incident, a couple was rescued from a sinking vessel near Sequoyah Marina, while two boats collided in a separate accident near Waterside Marina. In other incidents, two personal watercrafts collided in the Big Creek area of Norris, and a person fell off the dock at Blue Springs Dock.

In another unfortunate accident, a 19-year-old man, William E. Blasius of Knoxville, died after jumping from the top of a houseboat near Sequoyah Marina in Andersonville. Witnesses said he was attempting to jump over another boat and struck that boat before disappearing into 30 feet of water, the press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, State, Top Stories Tagged With: Blount County Fire and Rescue, Blount County Rescue Squad, Blount County Sheriff’s Office, boat collisions, boating under the influence, BUI, Chilhowee Mountain, drowning, Festival on the Fourth, Fire on the Water, fireworks show, Ft. Loudon, Jereme Peltier, Mark Leonard, Norris Lake, Prater Flats, Rocking the Docks, Sequoyah Marina, sinking boats, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, TWRA, William E. Blasius

Knoxville man drowns after jumping from houseboat into Norris Lake

Posted at 5:59 pm July 3, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

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Note: This story was updated at 10 a.m. July 4.

A Knoxville man drowned after jumping from a houseboat into Norris Lake on Saturday evening, authorities said.

The man has been identified as William E. Blasius, 19.

The drowning was reported at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday near Sequoyah Marina in Andersonville.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Department and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency responded.

“Several houseboats had tied off together and to the shore as they gathered to watch the fireworks show at the marina,” said Mark Lucas, chief deputy of the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department. “Sheriff’s investigators responded to the scene and are looking into the possibility Blasius may have hit another boat as he dove into the water.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Andersonville, Claxton, Front Page News, Knox County, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Andersonville, drowning, Mark Lucas, Norris Lake, Sequoyah Marina, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, William E. Blasius

Updated: Man drowns after jumping off houseboat at Sequoyah Marina

Posted at 7:59 pm July 2, 2016
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Note: This story was last updated at 3:40 p.m. July 3.

ANDERSONVILLE—A man drowned after jumping off a houseboat a few hours before a fireworks show at Sequoyah Marina in Andersonville on Saturday evening, authorities said.

The man was reported to have jumped into the water from the top deck of a large houseboat tied to the shore along with other houseboats, said Mark Lucas, chief deputy of the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department.

He said the Sheriff’s Department is investigating the possibility that the man might have hit his head on another boat.

Divers recovered the man’s body under water, authorities said. His name and age haven’t been released yet.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Sergeant Roy Smith requested rescuers after he received a report that a man jumped off either a bridge or a wall about 35 feet into the water, spokesman Matthew Cameron said Sunday.
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Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Tennessee, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County EMS, Anderson County Rescue Squad, Anderson County Sheriff's Department, Andersonville, Andersonville Volunteer Fire Department, drowning, Fire on the Water, Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad, Mark Lucas, Matthew Cameron, Roy Smith, Sequoyah Marina, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, TWRA

After two days in hospital, toddler dies from drowning, CPD says

Posted at 10:14 am August 14, 2014
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Anthony Hampton

Anthony Hampton (Photo courtesy Brenda Hood)

The two-year-old boy who apparently fell into a swimming pool at his grandparents’ home in Clinton on Tuesday morning died Thursday morning at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, authorities said.

Anthony Hampton had been in the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville, the Clinton Police Department said.

The CPD and Clinton Fire Department responded to the near-drowning on Melton Hill Circle in Clinton at about 8:40 a.m. Tuesday. Hampton was first taken to Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge and then transported to Children’s Hospital. He died at about 4 a.m. Thursday. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Clinton, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anthony Hampton, Children's Hospital, Clinton Police Department, CPD, drowning, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Melton Hill Circle, NICU, swimming pool

Report: Woman who fell into fountain and died had been ‘huffing,’ witness says

Posted at 8:19 pm December 27, 2013
By John Huotari 4 Comments

Oak Ridge Civic Center Fountain

The Oak Ridge woman who fell into this fountain at the Civic Center on June 3 and died in a hospital 13 days later had been spotted “huffing” a can of keyboard cleaner next to a tree in the park, possibly just minutes before she was found floating face down in the water, authorities said.

The 26-year-old woman who fell into a fountain at the Oak Ridge Civic Center on June 3 and died in a hospital 13 days later had been spotted “huffing” a can of keyboard cleaner next to a tree in the park, possibly just minutes before she was found floating face down in the water, authorities said.

After she was pulled from the fountain, rescuers tried CPR on Sarah Christine McAdams, but she was unresponsive and given only a 10 percent chance of surviving the first night at Methodist Medical Center, hospital staff told Oak Ridge Police Department Detective Kevin Craig.

On June 6, ORPD Detective David Stephens reported that McAdams, who had lived on Manhattan Avenue in Woodland, had been placed in an induced coma and had not been able to communicate. She died at the hospital on June 16, according to a copy of the death certificate provided by her mother, Lori Holt, of Murrell’s Inlet, S.C. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Police and Fire, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: David Stephens, drowning, fountain, Greensboro, huffing, inhalant abuse, Karl Reedy, Kevin Craig, keyboard cleaner, Lori Holt, Maxwell H. Smith, Nathan Stinnett, North Carolina, Oak Ridge Civic Center, Oak Ridge Police Department, ORPD, Regional Forensic Center, Ridgeview Behavioral Health Services, Robin Miner, Sarah Christine McAdams, Stephen Stone, Timothy Bunn, water, William Miller

Lafollette man drowns on Norris Lake

Posted at 11:30 am July 5, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

A Lafollette man drowned Thursday on Norris Lake, according to the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office.

The body of Ralph Ward, 65, was found floating in the lake near the Powell Valley Marina at around 3:45 pm Thursday after dispatchers received a 911 call from a nearby address on Cliffs Drive. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Campbell County Sheriff's Office, drowning, Lafollette, Norris Lake, Powell Valley Marina, Ralph Ward

Man drowns in Clinch River near Norris Dam

Posted at 8:33 pm September 7, 2012
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

An elderly man drowned in the Clinch River Friday afternoon after his fishing boat capsized and he fell into the frigid water about a half-mile downstream of the Norris Dam, Anderson County Rescue Squad Chief Terry Allen said.

The victim’s name is being withheld pending family notification, Allen said.

The man’s body was found in the River Road boat launch area, about a half-mile downstream from where he was first reported in the water near a weir dam, Allen said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Police and Fire Tagged With: Anderson County Rescue Squad, Clinch River, drowning, Norris Dam

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