Search underway for missing boater

SEARCH EFFORTS WERE DUE TO RESUME SUNDAY FOR A MISSING BOATER ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER IN FLORENCE. ACCORDING TO THE MEDIA REPORTS, A BOAT CARRYING TWO PEOPLE CRASHED AND OVERTURNED NEAR THE TVA ROCKPILE BOAT RAMP, JUST BEFORE NOON SATURDAY. A TEENAGER MADE IT OUT OF THE WATER, BUT A 63-YEAR-OLD FLORENCE MAN COULD NOT BE LOCATED FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT. DIVE TEAMS, MARINE UNITS AND OTHER AGENCIES SEARCHED THROUGHOUT SATURDAY EVENING AND WERE RESUMING THOSE EFFORTS SUNDAY.

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