By Katie Northcott, News Director
The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency reported on Saturday, June 20, that a Manchester resident died in a boating accident on Barren Fork River.
According to reports, Corey Blake Phillips, 48, was paddling down the Barren Fork River with two other men, when he fell out of his boat and was unresponsive.
Warren County rescue responded to the incident after the other men called 911. TWRA reports that this is the 10th boating-related fatality this year.
