Thread: Boating accident on Ky Lake?

hate to hear it--prayers sent

tory Updated: Thu May 9, 2013 7:58 PM

MARSHALL COUNTY, Ky. - A Jackson, Missouri man died Thursday in a boating accident on Kentucky Lake, under Eggners Ferry Bridge.

Marshall County Deputy Coroner Barry Taylor says 51-year-old Timothy Allan Clitpard died from blunt force trauma.

Garry Clark with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife says Clitpard, along with another person, were on a boat heading north, when the boat hit an underwater structure that's part of the bridge.

Clark says that forced the motor to flip up into the boat, striking the 51-year-old and killing him.

The boat's operator was unharmed.

The accident caused a traffic back up for miles across the bridge.

Traffic has since been cleared, and is moving across the bridge.

Earlier story:

MARSHALL COUNTY, Ky. - A boat accident on a local lake backed up traffic early Thursday evening.

It happened around 5:30 p.m. Thursday on Kentucky Lake, near the Eggners Ferry Bridge.

There's no word on what may have caused the crash, or if anyone was injured.

The crash did cause a traffic back up for miles across the bridge.

Traffic has since been cleared, and is moving across the bridge.