2 dead after nighttime boat crash on Rough River Lake

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Kentucky Fish & Wildlife confirmed a second victim’s body was recovered from Rough River Lake after a deadly weekend boating crash.

The crash happened late in the night. Falls of Rough Volunteer Fire Department said on their social media that they responded around 12:20 am. on Sunday.

The crash was between a pontoon with eight people on board and a bass boat with two people on board. Both people on the bass boat were unharmed.

One person from the pontoon was stat flighted to Louisville, their condition is unknown. An immediate water search began for the second victim. An LMPD dive team helped in those efforts to find the second victim and confirmed on Monday their team had recovered the second body from 35 feet of water.

One of the responding agencies was the American Red Cross, providing food and water for first responders working the scene.

“It’s nice to give them a little time to get away from the situation. Not all situations are as tragic as yesterday’s was, but you do need to be able to provide them a place to get away and sit down and relax and share a laugh or a tear with them if you need to,” Richard Peters, an American Red Cross volunteer, said.

Also on scene was Fish and Wildlife Officers, US Army Corps of Engineers, Grayson Co Emergency Management, Leitchfield Fire Dept, Grayson Co Coroner, Grayson Co EMS, Grayson Co Sheriff, Hart Co Search and Rescue, Barren Co Search and Rescue, Louisville Metro Dive Team, and more.

The bass boat crashed into the pontoon boat that was stationary with its navigation lights off.

The coroner says the driver of the pontoon boat, 46-year-old David Stomberger of Crestwood, Ky., was one of the men killed. Eric Derloshon, 51, of Floyd Knobs, Ind. went overboard during the crash and died in the water. Officials said it took over 12 hours to recover his body.

Officials said they are awaiting toxicology reports to determine if alcohol was a factor.