FRANKFORT, Ky. (July 14, 2023) - Conservation officers with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources are investigating the deaths of two teenage boys from Villa Hills, Ky. in a boating incident Friday on Lake Cumberland.
The incident happened around 12:45 p.m. (EDT) in the South Fork portion of the Cumberland River near the Woodson Bend Resort Boat Dock, near Bronston, in Pulaski County.
According to preliminary reports, a personal watercraft and a motorboat collided on Lake Cumberland. The boat involved in the incident transported two occupants from the personal watercraft to shore, where Somerset-Pulaski County EMS rendered aid.
The Pulaski County Coroner pronounced both individuals dead at the scene. Both bodies are being transported to the State Medical Examiner’s office for autopsy.
In addition to Kentucky Fish and Wildlife conservation officers, first responders from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and the Somerset-Pulaski County Rescue Squad also responded to the scene and assisted with rescue efforts.
