Saturday, December 10, 2011

MAN SHOT ON TN WMA

BLOUNT Co, Tenn. --

The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency is currently investigating a hunting accident in Blount County.

On Dec. 3, in the early afternoon, TWRA officers responded to a hunting accident in the Calderwood Reservoir area of the Foothills Wildlife Management Area in Blount County.

One man was shot by another hunter while both were bear hunting.

The injured hunter, Ronnie Summey, 59, of Greenback, was struck in the lower abdomen and was airlifted to UT Hospital.

The incident is under investigation by TWRA and the Blount County Sheriff’s Office.