An investigation is underway after a fisherman from South Carolina dies after he fell from a boat into the Holston River in Grainger County.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency says it happened yesterday (Tuesday) downstream of Smoky Island near Mary Lane in Rutledge. 75 year-old Robert Cogan fell overboard from a drift boat while on a guided trout fishing trip with another fisherman.
The guide was able to pull him to shore and performed CPR until EMS arrived but efforts were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
This incident marks the 14th fatal boating accident in the state this year.
