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UPDATE
The body of a southern Illinois man was retrieved from the river Thursday night about 10pm. Another is believed to have drowned and rescue personnel continue to search for his body.
Crittenden County Rescue Squad sent a crew to Smithland Friday morning to assist in the search for a 46-year-old Herrin, Ill., man, who was one of two fisherman who went into the water after their boat capsized near the dam.
Kenneth Duncan, 60, of West Frankfort, Ill., was the man whose body was recovered Thursday.
ORIGINAL POST
First responders in Livingston County are working a boating accident near the Smithland dam on the Ohio River.
Early indications are that a boat capsized shortly before noon near the dam. One person was reportedly rescued and authorities are looking for a possible second victim.
More on this as information becomes available.
