The men were thrown overboard when two boats collided in Lewis Smith Lake on Wednesday morning, the authorities said.

Two boats collided during a fishing tournament Wednesday in Alabama, killing three people, officials said. Major League Fishing said in a statement that a boating accident occurred during the second day of the Tackle Warehouse Invitational held on Lewis Smith Lake, a popular recreational destination about 70 miles north of Birmingham.

An Escanaba who was working on a fishing vessel in Alaska has been found dead. 28-year-old Jacob Riley Veeser, an Escanaba native, began working on vessels in the Bering Sea about nine years ago. Most recently,