Man Slips on Dock at Lake Lanier and Dies One Week After Last Drowning – Making Today One of the Most Deadliest Times In the Manmade Body of Water’s 70-Year History
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Another person has died by drowning at Georgia’s Lake Lanier, making the eighth death in the body of water over the last eight months.
The 23-year-old victim slipped into the lake while running on the dock, to never resurface alive again — exactly a week after another person died.
The Department of Natural Resources reports a call came in regarding the accident at the Holiday Marina on Saturday, Sept. 2, around 10:30 p.m., according to Fox 5.
After calling for first responders to look for him, the Hall County Fire Rescue pulled Gavrie Alexander’s lifeless body, having located it 17 feet below the water. Lake Lanier, a manmade body of water, is the largest lake in the state. Construction on the lake started in 1950.
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Just a week prior, on Aug. 26, Edgar Steven Cruz Martinez, 23, lost his life at the lake after taking a dip. His body was located 10 feet below water.
One month earlier, on July 31, two men drowned while swimming. One of them was identified as 61-year-old Tracey Stewart by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. He reportedly jumped into the water for a swim from a boat but didn’t come back…
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