The man was running down a dock and slipped into the lake.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources said the incident happened after 10 p.m. Saturday when Gavrie Whitlock was running down a dock by Holiday Marina, according to local station Atlanta News First. Hall County Fire Rescue found him in 17 feet of water, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. In August, another 23-year-old died while he was swimming in the lake and did not come back up, reports say. Two others died on July 31 who had gone for a swim.
The 11-year-old son of Tameka Foster, a fashion designer and the ex-wife of R&B singer Usher, also died at the lake in 2012. His death prompted her to create a petition for officials to"drain, clean and restore" the lake, according to The Independent. Between 1994 and 2022, 216 people have died at Lake Lanier, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources data obtained by USA Today.
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