HIXSON, Tenn. (WSMV) – A Georgia man has died after he reportedly jumped off a boat into the Tennessee River, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.
TWRA, along with Hamilton County authorities, responded to the Chickamauga Reservoir near Dogwood Drive around 1:15 p.m. for reports of drowning.
Witnesses told police a 51-year-old man from Rock Spring, Georgia, had jumped into the river to retrieve a piece of the runabout boat’s swim platform. The man never resurfaced…