Man drowns in New River

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WSLS News Staff
Published: August 7, 2008

A man drowned in the New River while fishing, according to Pulaski County Sheriff Jim Davis.

Investigators say they got a call around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 6th, that a man had gone underwater, and did not come back up.  This happened near the trestle on Hazel Hollow Road.

Deputies found the body of Samuel Matthew Harless from Shawsville, a short time later.  Officers say Harless and a friend had been fishing while wading in the river, under the trestle.

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