Game wardens with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources are investigating a boating incident that occurred on Herrington Lake on Saturday, July 4, 2026, that left one man dead and another hospitalized.
A preliminary investigation found that two boats collided, a wake boat being operated by 34 year-old Cody Casey, of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, and a pontoon boat being operated by 58 year-old Alex Svintozelskiy, of Nicholasville, Kentucky.
A passenger on the pontoon, 25 year-old Nazar Svintozelskiy of Nicholasville, was ejected into the water. His body was recovered from Herrington Lake on Monday, July 6. The cause of death will be determined by the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort.
This investigation is being led by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources Law Enforcement Division in collaboration with the Commonwealth Attorney’s Office. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement via Kentucky State Police Post 7 at 859-623-2404.
Source: KYFW
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