A man drowned when his kayak capsized during a recent outing on Cheatham Lake, becoming the state’s 25th boating-related fatality of the year.
Officials said the 21-year-old Texas man was kayaking with his brother when the accident occurred. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency investigators said he was not wearing a life jacket.
Statistics show that wearing a life jacket greatly increases the chance of survival in a capsize or boating accident. Having a life jacket aboard for each passenger is required, and wearing one in the swift tailwaters below dams is mandatory…