Demopolis, Ala. (WDNews) — According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, a Sunday afternoon boating accident in west Alabama claimed the life of a 70-year-old man.
ALEA said Bruce R. Kornegay, of Woodstock, was thrown from the 18-foot boat he was operating shortly after 2:15 p.m. Sunday on Lake Demopolis near the Tombigbee River in Marengo County.
Investigators said Kornegay was not wearing a personal flotation device and was not using an emergency cut-off switch at the time of the accident.
According to ALEA, after Kornegay was ejected from the 2019 Bass Tracker, the vessel eventually struck him.
Kornegay was pulled from the water and transported to Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis, where he later died from his injuries.
ALEA’s Marine Patrol Division is continuing to investigate the accident.
