Boater dies in Chickamauga Lake this afternoon
He fell from the boat and was run over by it
DAYTON, Tennessee (WDEF) – Officials say a man died in the Chickamauga Lake this afternoon after being run over by a boat.
TWRA officers say 34 year old Jordan Matthews was in a boat with a woman and child near the Highway 60 bridge between Dayton and Birchwood.
They say he was sitting outside the rail on the bow of the pontoon boat.
He fell into the water and was run over by the same boat.
Passing fishermen helped pull him back into the boat and performed CPR.
He was later pronounced dead at Rhea Medical Center.
TWRA says it is the 17th boating related fatality in Tennessee this year.
