Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Pigeon River drowning
An employee of Fish Farms drowned Monday evening in the Pigeon River, however his identity has not been released. Cocke County Deputy Joseh Owings said the incident occurred at 7:30 p.m. off O'Neil Road in the Edwina community. The male described as being between 60 and 70 years old was with another unidentified male at the time of the incident. "They had been drinking and the other guy told him not to go into the water. But he jumped in and swam for about 75 feet before he went under," the officer said. The body was recovered near the point of the drowning at 8:30 p.m. by members of the Cocke County Fire Department and the Newport Rescue Squad. The victim who lived on O'Neil Road, was a native of Guatemala, and had moved to Cocke County several days ago from South Carolina.


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