A 76-year-old Gainesville man, Jim Hansard, drowned in Lake Lanier Wednesday, the second Gainesville man to drown in the lake since May 29.
STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES NEWS RELEASE:
“At approximately 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, Georgia game wardens, along with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office and Forsyth Fire, responded to a possible drowning in Forsyth County on Lake Lanier near Keith Bridge Park (pictured).
Early information stated that a 76-year-old male was last seen around lunch time at his dock and had not been seen since.
A friend of the subject saw the man’s golf cart still at the dock and noticed a…shoe floating nearby as well.
A short time later, game wardens utilized boat-mounted sonar to locate the victim in 13 feet of water. Forsyth County Divers recovered the body…”
(Photo courtesy Corps of Engineers)
EARLIER STORY. MAY 30 INCIDENT: 73-year-old fisherman drowns (wgtjradio.com)