One southern Illinois man is dead and another is missing after the boat they were in capsized near the Smithand Lock and Dam Thursday.
The two fell into the Ohio River after their boat overturned near the lock and dam around 11:30 a.m. Several rescue crews assisted with the search Thursday, including the Livingston County Sheriff's Department, Livingston County EMS, Salem Fire and Rescue and Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. Emergency responders from McCracken County assisted at the scene as well. Crews recovered the man's body from the river, and continued to search for the second boater.
Shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources spokesman Kevin Kelley said the man whose body was recovered from the river has been identified as 60-year-old Kenneth Duncan, of West Frankfort, Illinois.