Crews in Hamilton County are continuing to search for a missing woman on Chickamauga Reservoir near the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. Calls of an overturned boat with three boaters in the water came in around 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, January 15.
Responding crews found one man on shore and boat crews found one woman along the bank. Both were transported to CHI Memorial Hospital in Hixson suffering from cold water immersion symptoms.
Water temperatures are less than 60 degrees with calmer winds in comparison to the strong winds when the search began. Responding crews include Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, Hamilton County EMS, Highway 58 Fire Department, Hamilton County Emergency Services, Dallas Bay Fire Department and Harrison Bay State Park.