According to local and state officials, tragedy struck twice on Sunday near Lake Oconee in Greene County for two distinct families. In the first incident, just before 3:20 p.m., an older man appeared to have fallen, hit his head on a boat dock, and then fallen into the water at his residence off Cherokee Drive in the Cherokee Point area. Cherokee Point may be found off of the Lake Oconee Parkway, often known as Georgia Route 44.
A Greene County boy celebrating his eighteenth birthday leaped off the Walker Church Road bridge into Lake Oconee approximately four hours later, not far from Cherokee Point. The Harbor Club restaurant and Boathouse Marina are both close to the bridge.
The teen’s body was recovered by divers from different dive teams who converged on the scene after local and state authorities used sophisticated sidescan sonar equipment that detected a body in the vicinity of the bridge.
Greene County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Patrick Paquette said the teen’s body was recovered about 12:45 p.m. Monday.
Information has now been released by local and state authorities concerning both tragedies.
Cory Bohannon, a game warden with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division, said the elderly man sustained some lacerations to his face that appeared to have happened from a fall.
Greene County Coroner Jeff Smith identified the victim as 79-year-old Donald Evans.
Smith said he pronounced the victim dead at the scene shortly before 5 p.m.
According to Bohannon, Evans had a pontoon boat that was attached to his dock but had come loose at some point. According to Bohannon, “we haven’t figured out how it came loose at this time.” “It had drifted to the dock area of a neighbor.” The game warden reported that the boat was later tied off and secured at the seawall. Meanwhile, Juantavious “Ta” Deshawn Monday of Rachel Street, Greensboro, was identified as the adolescent by Greene County Deputy Coroner Chris Peters.
The teen’s body was located in 16 feet of water near the bridge where he had plunged off the night before. According to Smith, autopsies are planned for later this week at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Laboratory in Decatur in order to ascertain the precise cause and mode of death for both fatalities. Shortly after the teen’s body was found on Monday afternoon, Peters declared him formally dead.
According to local and state officials, tragedy struck twice on Sunday near Lake Oconee in Greene County for two distinct families. In the first incident, just before 3:20 p.m., an older man appeared to have fallen, hit his head on a boat dock, and then fallen into the water at his residence off Cherokee Drive in the Cherokee Point area. Cherokee Point may be found off of the Lake Oconee Parkway, often known as Georgia Route 44.
A Greene County boy celebrating his eighteenth birthday leaped off the Walker Church Road bridge into Lake Oconee approximately four hours later, not far from Cherokee Point. The Harbor Club restaurant and Boathouse Marina are both close to the bridge.
The teen’s body was recovered by divers from different dive teams who converged on the scene after local and state authorities used sophisticated sidescan sonar equipment that detected a body in the vicinity of the bridge.
Greene County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Patrick Paquette said the teen’s body was recovered about 12:45 p.m. Monday.
Information has now been released by local and state authorities concerning both tragedies.
Cory Bohannon, a game warden with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division, said the elderly man sustained some lacerations to his face that appeared to have happened from a fall.
Greene County Coroner Jeff Smith identified the victim as 79-year-old Donald Evans.
Smith said he pronounced the victim dead at the scene shortly before 5 p.m.
According to Bohannon, Evans had a pontoon boat that was attached to his dock but had come loose at some point. According to Bohannon, “we haven’t figured out how it came loose at this time.” “It had drifted to the dock area of a neighbor.” The game warden reported that the boat was later tied off and secured at the seawall. Meanwhile, Juantavious “Ta” Deshawn Monday of Rachel Street, Greensboro, was identified as the adolescent by Greene County Deputy Coroner Chris Peters.
The teen’s body was located in 16 feet of water near the bridge where he had plunged off the night before. According to Smith, autopsies are planned for later this week at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Laboratory in Decatur in order to ascertain the precise cause and mode of death for both fatalities. Shortly after the teen’s body was found on Monday afternoon, Peters declared him formally dead.
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