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Virginia Man Dies in Boating Accident in Sullivan County

By Ronni Chase Sep 21, 2025 | 6:42 PM

Tennessee marked its 20th boating fatality of the year Saturday with the death of a Virginia man in Sullivan County.  Seventy-two-year-old Ronald E. Taylor was killed when the bass boat he was riding in hit a bridge pillar on South Holston Lake.  The boat’s operator was seriously injured.  The accident is still under investigation.