MERCER COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — Nearly a week has passed since a boating 𝔠r𝘢sh on Herrington Lake killed one person and sent another to the hospital. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KYFW) has revealed the identities of the boat operators involved in the 𝔠r𝘢sh.
According to KYFW’s preliminary investigation, a wake boat—operated by 34-year-old Cody Casey of Harrodsburg—crashed into a pontoon—operated by 58-year-old Alex Svintozelskiy of Nicholasville—on July 4 on Herrington Lake in Mercer County.
PREVIOUS | Missing victim found dead after Fourth of July boat 𝔠r𝘢sh on Herrington Lake A passenger of the pontoon, Nazar Svintozelskiy, 25, was ejected into the water. His body was found and recovered from Herrington Lake two days later on July 6.
The cause of dєatᩚh will be determined pending his autopsy by the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort.
A memorial service for Svintozelskiy will be held at 6 p.m. July 12 at the Ukrainian Pentecostal Church in Lexington. His funeral is scheduled at 10 a.m. July 13 at Clark Legacy Center in Nicholasville.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement via Kentucky State Police Post 7 in Richmond at 859-623-2404.
