25-year-old Kentucky man drowns after weekend tubing accident in Elkhorn Creek

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Kentucky man drowned over the weekend when he and four family members were pulled under water while they were tubing on Elkhorn Creek in Franklin County.

It happened Saturday near Still Waters campground, according to a report from LEX 18 in Lexington. The tube overturned, and the family went under.

Four people made it back to shore safely, but 25-year-old Michael Looby never resurfaced. Searchers found his body Monday afternoon.

"We were not even two or three minutes in," said Lydia Anglin, Looby's fiancée. "There's a large tree with exposed roots in the middle of the creek, and you either have to go to the right or the left. The current was so strong you couldn't. It just went straight toward the tree."

Anglin said they took all the right precautions, including wearing life jackets, but it still wasn't enough. She said there were no flags or warnings to alert people of the danger.

Tragically, Looby and Anglin were planning to be married next June.

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