BOTETOURT COUNTY (WSLS 10) - Botetourt County Fire & EMS officials said a 51-year-old man died after a boat capsized in the James River over the weekend.
Deputy Chief Jason Ferguson said the victim has been identified as Benjamin Neal Long, Sr.
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Ferguson said the people involved in the accident were not a part of any particular group – just some family and friends.
As we've reported, shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday, rescue crews received a call about a capsized boat with eight people in the water. The Botetourt Special Operations team was activated.
A spokesperson for the agency said everyone was accounted for within an hour, with one fatality reported.
Conservation police with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries are investigating the incident.