Crime & Safety
Jet Skier Killed In Cumberland River Collision
A 39-year-old White Bluff woman died after her jet ski collided with a boat near Ashland City July 4.
ASHLAND CITY, TN -- A jet skier died Wednesday in an Independence Day boating crash on the Cumberland River in Cheatham County.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said the 39-year-old White Bluff woman was riding a jet ski when she collided with a boat near the Highway 49 Cumberland River Bridge in Ashland City around 12:30 p.m. The Ashland City Fire Department found the woman unconscious and non-responsive and took her to shore by boat, where the county emergency management agency took her to Centennial Ashland City, where she was pronounced dead.
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The woman was wearing a life jacket and the TWRA does not believe alcohol was involved. The agency impounded both vessels for an investigation.
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