Boating fatality in Chickamauga Lake

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MEIGS County, Tenn. (WDEF) – The fifth boating fatality happened on Chickamauga Lake on May 4, 2025.

Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officers and local authorities responded to a call shortly after 4:00 p.m. ET.

Preliminary reports show that twenty-one-year-old Austin Sigh of Monterey, TN entered the water to aid in loading an older, 16-foot cabin cruiser onto a trailer when he succumbed to environmental factors.

Sigh’s body was recovered in less than 10 feet of water and was transported to Meigs County Coroner’s Office.