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Man Dies in Dam Boating Accident

By Chris Taylor

Smithland, KY – A Grand Rivers man is dead after a boating accident at Barkley Dam yesterday. 68-year-old Richard Brown was fishing on the Cumberland River below the dam, when the water's current pulled his boat underwater. According to the Paducah Sun, Brown had been using a trolling motor to guide his boat away from the dam, but the spillway's current became too strong. Despite wearing a life vest, the swift current still pinned him underwater.