The Name Of A Drowning Victim Who Died Over The Weekend In The Nolichuckey River In Greene County Has Been Released. He’s 28 Year Old Christopher Keplinger Of Greene County. Sheriff Pat Hankins Says Keplinger, His Girlfriend And Four Other Children Were On A Sandbar Near Birds Bridge When A Raft The Woman Was In With An Infant Child, Overturned. The Man Tried To Save Her But Went Under And Never Resurfaced.
The Woman And Infant Were Helped By A Nearby Boater. The Infant Child Was Taken To Niswonger Children’s Hospital And Johnson City And Is Expected To Be Alright. Keplinger’s Body Was Found About An Hour Later Downstream.