Accident Database

Report ID#68439

2018-05-06
accident date
Unidentified Man
victim
28
victim age
Rolling Fork River
river
n/a
section
Old Mill Dam
location
n/a
gage
n/a
water level
N/A
river difficulty
Caught in Low Head Dam Hydraulic
cause code(s)
Does not Apply
injury type(s)
Solo Paddling
factors
Private
trip type
Other
boat type
status?
status

Description

Crews searching for missing kayaker MARION COUNTY, Ky. May 7, 2018 — Rescue crews are searching for a missing kayaker in Marion County. They’re searching the Rolling Fork River off Highway 68, just southwest of Lebanon. On Sunday afternoon, police got a call about a kayaker who’d gone under the river’s surface and disappeared. The missing man is 28 years old and from Lebanon. His name has not been released. Officials said the current pulled his kayak under the Old Mill dam, and he didn’t resurface.