LAVALETTE, W.Va. -- Searchers have recovered the body of an elderly man who was killed in a boating accident at Beech Fork Lake in Wayne County.

The state Division of Natural Resources identified the victim as 74-year-old George Bickar of Huntington.

Lavalette Volunteer Fire Department Deputy Chief Chris Holley says the man was sitting in the front of a pontoon boat when it hit some underbrush. The impact threw him into the water.

Several other people on the boat tried unsuccessfully to rescue the victim.

The accident occurred late Monday afternoon.

Holley says the boat was traveling under the 10 miles per hour speed limit.

 

LAVALETTE, W.Va. -- Searchers have recovered the body of an elderly man who was killed in a boating accident at Beech Fork Lake in Wayne County.

The state Division of Natural Resources identified the victim as 74-year-old George Bickar of Huntington.

Lavalette Volunteer Fire Department Deputy Chief Chris Holley says the man was sitting in the front of a pontoon boat when it hit some underbrush. The impact threw him into the water.

Several other people on the boat tried unsuccessfully to rescue the victim.

The accident occurred late Monday afternoon.

Holley says the boat was traveling under the 10 miles per hour speed limit.