A father and son died around 2 p.m. Sunday in a Forsyth County section of Lake Lanier Hall County Fire Services and Marine Rescue 1, along with other agencies, were dispatched around 2 p.m. to what’s commonly referred to as Three Sisters Island, around the area of Buoy 13. It was initially believed the two were on a raft that had turned over, but it was later determined the subjects were “playing with a ball" said Scott Cagle of Hall County Fire and EMS.“The ball went into the water and a juvenile went in after it and became distressed,” Cagle said, adding that the father then went in after the juvenile. They did not resurface. The man was 51, and his son was 15. Their names are being withheld pending notification of family. Both were retrieved; one around 2:34 p.m. and the other at 2:43 p.m. The initial call came in around 2 p.m. Cagle said both victims were taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Later in the afternoon Hall emergency crews got a call to Old Federal Campground Park, where a young adult male had fallen into the water as he was walking with a group of friends along a sandbar from the beach to a nearby island. Cagle said the group tried to retrieve him but were unsuccessful and that the victim was underwater for more than an hour before officials located him and attempted resuscitation. Further information was not available. Both incidents are being investigated by the Department of Natural Resources. Times reporter Charles Phelps contributed to this report.
A father and son died around 2 p.m. Sunday in a Forsyth County section of Lake Lanier Hall County Fire Services and Marine Rescue 1, along with other agencies, were dispatched around 2 p.m. to what’s commonly referred to as Three Sisters Island, around the area of Buoy 13. It was initially believed the two were on a raft that had turned over, but it was later determined the subjects were “playing with a ball" said Scott Cagle of Hall County Fire and EMS.“The ball went into the water and a juvenile went in after it and became distressed,” Cagle said, adding that the father then went in after the juvenile. They did not resurface. The man was 51, and his son was 15. Their names are being withheld pending notification of family. Both were retrieved; one around 2:34 p.m. and the other at 2:43 p.m. The initial call came in around 2 p.m. Cagle said both victims were taken to Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Later in the afternoon Hall emergency crews got a call to Old Federal Campground Park, where a young adult male had fallen into the water as he was walking with a group of friends along a sandbar from the beach to a nearby island. Cagle said the group tried to retrieve him but were unsuccessful and that the victim was underwater for more than an hour before officials located him and attempted resuscitation. Further information was not available. Both incidents are being investigated by the Department of Natural Resources. Times reporter Charles Phelps contributed to this report.