Lake Lanier Deaths – A 59-year-old man identified as Bruce Hild of Winterville has drowned in Lake Lanier. This ugly incident tagged as a boating fatality occurred on Friday, 3rd of July, 2020, around 6:00pm, says the authorities.
According to investigators with the state department of Natural Resources, it was said that Hild jumped out of the moving boat in Duckett’s Mill area of Lake Lanier.
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He went under the water and did not resurface. Hild’s body was later recovered by authorities from Hall and Forsyth counties around 7pm.
This tragic incident is one of the two holiday weekend drownings on Lake Lanier.
The second drowning was a 45-year-old man identified as Jesus Jimened from Killen Texas, whose ugly incident happened on Saturday, 4th July, 2020.
The Georgia Department reports that the man “was swimming at the beach area, went under and did not resurface. He was pulled from the water dead by another swimmer.”