Melissa Cummings, our friend in the Communications Department at Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources, tells lakelanier.com that there have been no fatalities on Lake Lanier over the long Memorial Day Weekend, as of 3 PM on Monday, May 26, 2014.
One tragic drowning death was reported early Sunday morning, May 25, 2014, on Lake Allatoona. Eighteen-year-old Chance Werner of Cartersville — who graduated from high school on Saturday evening — was playing a “game” with friends that involved kids getting into a shopping cart and being pushed off a dock into the water. Sadly, the game turned deadly.
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Our condolences and prayers are with Chance Werner’s family and friends.
Statewide Incident Statistics as of Sunday Night 5-25-14
Drownings
Two drownings were reported statewide. On Lake Allatoona, 18-year-old Chance Werner died on 5-25. William Brown died in the Atlantic Ocean near Tybee on 5-24. That investigation is ongoing.
Boating Under the Influence (BUI): 24
Boating Incidents
Rangers responded to six incidents over the weekend, with a total of three Boating Incident Related Injuries:
- Lanier (5/24): PWC ran into a boat in Shoal Creek. No injuries.
- Lanier (5/25): Fire on a Pontoon boat in Bald Ridge Creek. No injuries.
- Lanier (5/25): Boat that Sank near Aqualand Marina. No injuries.
- Lanier (5/25): PWC and vessel collision near Van Pugh Park. Two minor injuries.
- Hartwell (5/25): minor incident. No injuries.
- West Point (5/25): Tubing incident where a tuber was thrown off tube/injuring neck/shoulder.
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