A 64-year-old man drowned Sunday afternoon while swimming in Young Deer Creek on Lake Lanier, authorities say.
According to Georgia game wardens, the man was swimming near his dock when he suddenly went under and did not resurface. A witness pulled his body from the water before first responders arrived.
Forsyth County Fire personnel who responded to the scene detected an electric current in the water surrounding the dock, according to Mark McKinnon with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
The man’s body has been turned over to the Forsyth County Coroner’s Office.
Officials have not yet released the victim’s name. The incident remains under investigation.
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