MERCER COUNTY, Ky. (FOX 56) — Nearly a week has passed since a boating crash on Herrington Lake killed one person and sent another to the hospital. The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (KYFW) has revealed the identities of the boat operators involved in the crash.

According to KYFW’s preliminary investigation, a wake boat—operated by 34-year-old Cody Casey of Harrodsburg—crashed into a pontoon—operated by 58-year-old Alex Svintozelskiy of Nicholasville—on July 4 on Herrington Lake in Mercer County.

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The cause of death will be determined pending his autopsy by the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort.

A memorial service for Svintozelskiy will be held at 6 p.m. July 12 at the Ukrainian Pentecostal Church in Lexington. His funeral is scheduled at 10 a.m. July 13 at Clark Legacy Center in Nicholasville.

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Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement via Kentucky State Police Post 7 in Richmond at 859-623-2404.

Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/identities-revealed-tragic-herrington-lake-192012725.html