A teenager died after a small boat with six persons aboard capsized early Friday morning (May 12, 2023) on Percy Priest Lake. The body of 19-year-old Myo Kyo of Smyrna was recovered shortly after 7:30 a.m.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency wildlife officers responded around 1:30 a.m. On arrival, officers found five individuals had made it safely to shore. Kyo’s body was later recovered by divers.
This incident marks the eighth boating related fatality of 2023 and remains under investigation.