Man dies after boating accident on Lake Demopolis

MARENGO COUNTY, Ala. (WAKA) – A man has died after a boating accident on Lake Demopolis.

Alabama State Troopers say 70-year-old Bruce Kornegay of Woodstock was operating an 18-foot bass boat, when he was thrown off the boat and then struck by it. He was taken to Whitfield Regional Hospital in Demopolis where he died.

Investigators say Kornegay was not using an emergency cut-off switch and was also not wearing a personal flotation device at the time of the accident.

It happened just before 2:30PM yesterday on Lake Demopolis near the Tombigbee River.