LA VERGNE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The body of a 19-year-old man has been recovered after a boat capsized early Friday morning on Percy Priest Lake.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA) says divers recovered the body of Myo Kyo around 8 a.m.
Officials say six people were on the boat when it began taking on water and capsized at around 1:30 a.m. The group had been fishing near the Poole Knob Recreation Area on Percy Priest and a decided to go toward the Bryant Recreation Area.
That's when the boat began to take on water and capsized.
The other five people were able to make it to shore.
