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Emergency officials respond to drowning call on Percy Priest Lake Saturday afternoon

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville OEM, and Nashville Fire, answered the call of an apparent drowning on Percy Priest Lake just after 3 p.m. Saturday.

They say a 25-year-old man jumped into the water from his boat and never resurfaced.

TWRA and OEM were on the scene, continuing to search for the man. His body was found around 11 p.m.

This marks the twenty-third boating-related fatality of 2022.