Published: December 2, 2020

COLBERT COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND MONDAY NEAR THE WILSON DAM. ACCORDING TO THE TIMES DAILY, EMERGENCY PERSONNEL WERE DISPATCHED AROUND 7 AM TO A CONCRETE PAD AT THE LOWER END OF A SPILLWAY. INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE IT APPEARS THE PERSON JUMPED FROM AN AREA HALFWAY ACROSS THE DAM WHERE VEHICLES PULL OFF. THIS MARKS THE SECOND FATALITY OF THE YEAR AT WILSON DAM.