TROUP COUNTY, Ga. — A man sadly died Saturday morning while he was dropping an anchor in a west Georgia lake, the Troup County Sheriff's Office said.
It all happened just after 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning on West Point Lake in Troup County, according to deputies. Troup County 911 operators received an emergency call about a possible drowning near the Liberty Hill access area.
When first responders and deputies arrived, they were told that a man, identified as 33-year-old Jonathon Alvarado, of Cobb County, was on a boat with two other men when he fell overboard trying to drop the anchor from the boat into the lake, deputies said.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Corp of Engineers and a dive team from Columbus Fire and Rescue were alerted. Around 1:15 p.m., the dive team recovered Alvarado's body.
Deputies said that at this time it just appears to be a tragic drowning accident.
