Body found in Ohio River likely capsized boat victim
The agency monitored the river’s conditions, deemed it safe enough for boaters and decided against issuing a similar warning this weekend.
Swinney’s daughter, 10-year-old Dasia, remained missing, along with Swinney’s girlfriend, Joyce Wright.
Frederick said it is believed that the current slammed the boat against the barge and pinned it there.
Frederick said the barge was in a construction site about a mile upstream from the Clark Memorial Bridge. However, there is also a probability that they may have drowned and in this case, it would be harder to find them, Frrederick said as reported by GANT Daily.
Gregory Frederick later told local media that the river had turned extremely risky due to the recent rains in the region and could have caused the accident, the Toronto Sun said. “A lot of it collects in the dam areas, so it’s absolutely hazardous out there”.
Fire and police investigators are trying to figure out how their pontoon boat capsized on Saturday night.
Two adults and one child were among the missing.
He didn’t provide identification, but said that those rescued are in stable condition.
Rescue boats carried victims in from the Ohio River. According to the USA Coast Guard, Kentucky does not require anyone over 18 to receive any classes or training before “self-captaining” a boat. She didn’t know who was operating the boat.
On Monday, the body of Danal Swinney was found near the Falls of the Ohio. “When you’re there and you’re seeing the emotions and hearing it and knowing what is going on”.
Meanwhile, it has now come to light that the boat involved in the incident was a rented pontoon boat.
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