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Hall County Fire Rescue said it responded to Lanier Islands Parkway around 7 p.m. Friday after receiving reports of a boat ...
Ramon Diaz-Soria, 27, jumped into the water when the boat he was on came to a stop on Saturday. He had a life jacket on, but it wasn't secured.
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A 27-year-old man was recovered from Lake Lanier after vanishing during a boat outing with friends in Gainesville, Georgia, authorities said.
A Saturday birthday celebration on Lake Lanier turned tragic when a 27-year-old jumped into the water and didn’t resurface. The body of Ramon Diaz-Soria, of Atlanta, was recovered Sunday evening.
Man drowns after jumping off boat at Georgia's Lake Lanier Ramon Diaz-Soria's death comes a month after a body police believe belonged to Dustin Valencia, a 43-year-old father of five children ...
Follow Us Lake Lanier has been the site of several accidents over the years. Between 1994 and 2022, around 216 people have died through explosions, boating accidents, and drownings.
Crews pulled 27-year-old Ramon Diaz-Soria’s body from Lake Lanier on Sunday, June 15, after an extensive search that started the day before, said DNR spokesman Mark McKinnon.
Officials first located a life vest. Later, sonar equipment helped locate Diaz-Soria’s body, and dive teams recovered it. "I just wanted to run to the lake and jump in there," Abigail Diaz said.
More than 200 people have died at Lake Lanier since 1994 Between 1994 and 2024, more than 200 people have died at Lake Lanier, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Law ...
HALL COUNTY, Ga. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Lake Lanier will receive six hiring freeze exemptions, allowing it to fill vacancies to address the staffing shortages that resulted ...