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3 still missing after boat pulled into dam

By The Associated Press
Posted 9:10AM on Monday 23rd November 2009 ( 14 years ago )
JASPER, Tenn. - A search continues for three missing North Georgia men after a weekend boating accident near Nickajack Dam.<br /> <br /> An official of the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said five people from Dalton, Ga., were fishing below the dam on Guntersville Reservoir on Saturday evening when their boat was pulled into a flood gate.<br /> <br /> The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported brothers Hildebrando Hureta-Hernandez, who was 14 years old, and Norberto Hureta-Hernandez, who was 26, were found alive and uninjured about two miles downstream.<br /> <br /> TWRA assistant supervisor Joey Wray said the names of the missing boaters won't be released until families are notified.<br /> <br /> Wildlife agency Officer Mike Bailey said the bass boat was torn apart Saturday evening in the chilly, turbulent water.<br /> <br /> <br />

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