The Georgia Department of Natural Resources reports there’s been another drowning on Lake Lanier.
Game wardens were called to West Bank Park just after 4:30 this afternoon. According to DNR Law Enforcement spokesperson Mark McKinnon, Jeffrey McElfresh, 55, of Louisville, was paddleboarding without a life jacket.
“He had a pool noodle with him, and the pool noodle began to float away. He attempted to retrieve it, became tired, and went under,” McKinnon says. “He reappeared shortly after, went under a second time, and never resurfaced.”
McElfresh was located a short time later, and Hall County Fire Service divers recovered his body.
Just two days ago, on July 14, divers recovered the body of a swimmer who drowned in Lake Lanier back in April. Dorian Adonis Pinson, 24, of Greenville, died April 18 while swimming with friends near Sunrise Cove Marina.
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