Mercer County and Boyle County authorities are investigating a boating collision that occurred on Herrington Lake in Mercer County Saturday evening, leaving four individuals with injuries and one individual missing.
According to the Mercer County Fire District, the fire department was dispatched along with Mercer County EMS to a boat collision on Herrington Lake after 8 p.m. Saturday. The Mercer County Fire Department deployed a water rescue team and fire trucks to the Pandora Marina, where one victim was recovered from the lake with traumatic injuries and transported via helicopter to the University of Kentucky. Three other victims were recovered with minor injuries and were transported to a Danville hospital.
Mercer County officials are still searching for the fifth person who was involved in the boating accident and is now currently missing. Dive teams and boats have been deployed from the Boyle County Fire Department for additional assistance.
Original reporting: WTVQ (Lexington) — read the source article.
