Saturday, May 08, 2010
Two Bodies Found...Recent Flooding
KENTUCKY...
A south-central Kentucky coroner says a search team along the swollen Green River has found the body of a Kentucky kayaker who had been missing since Monday. The discovery raises the death toll to five as a result of flooding in Kentucky last weekend. Hart County Coroner Jeff Roten said Friday that the body of 55-year-old Robert Atcher was found about six miles downriver from where Atcher started his kayaking trip on the flooded river. Authorities say the kayak Atcher was using hit a logjam and the current pulled him under. Meanwhile, Pulaski County Coroner Richard New says searchers have located a body in Lake Cumberland but have not yet retrieved it. Authorities have been searching for an 18-year-old Somerset high school student who went kayaking Wednesday on the lake
A south-central Kentucky coroner says a search team along the swollen Green River has found the body of a Kentucky kayaker who had been missing since Monday. The discovery raises the death toll to five as a result of flooding in Kentucky last weekend. Hart County Coroner Jeff Roten said Friday that the body of 55-year-old Robert Atcher was found about six miles downriver from where Atcher started his kayaking trip on the flooded river. Authorities say the kayak Atcher was using hit a logjam and the current pulled him under. Meanwhile, Pulaski County Coroner Richard New says searchers have located a body in Lake Cumberland but have not yet retrieved it. Authorities have been searching for an 18-year-old Somerset high school student who went kayaking Wednesday on the lake
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