WILSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Two people are now facing felony charges nearly a year after a 10-year-old boy was killed in a jet ski crash on Old Hickory Lake.
Officers with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) said they were called to the lake just after 5 p.m. on July 16, 2024, to respond to reports about a collision involving two jet skis that were operating in an area near Boxwell Reservation.
The jet skis were reportedly owned by Bowell Reservation, operated by staff and had a child passenger aboard each one. A 19-year-old staff member and her 10-year-old passenger were seriously injured in the collision.
According to the TWRA, the 19-year-old staff member was taken to Vanderbilt University Center to be treated for her injuries. Meanwhile, lifesaving measures were performed on the 10-year-old—identified as Jack Gear—but he later died Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital.
Approximately two months after the deadly crash, Jack’s parents filed a lawsuit suing the Middle Tennessee Council Boy Scouts of America for $10 million, claiming their “negligence and reckless conduct” led to their son’s death.
The lawsuit states Jack was enrolled as a camper at Boxwell Reservation as part of the Tennessee National Guard Youth week.
Now, a Wilson County Grand Jury has indicted two individuals —identified as Joshua Kennington and Savannah Remington— on several charges for their connection to the deadly crash.
According to an indictment obtained by News 2, the grand jury determined that both Kennington and Remington “did unlawfully and recklessly kill Jack Gear by the operation of a vessel subject.”
In addition, the indictment states that they both failed to “proceed at safe speeds” and failed to “alter their courses” to avoid the collision.
Kennington and Remington were charged with vehicle homicide by recklessness, safe speed, risk of collision and head-on situation. Both were taken to Wilson County Jail.
News 2 has reached out to defense attorneys for comment. No additional information was immediately released.
