ATLANTA — The body of a man was recovered underneath a dock on Lake Allatoona Saturday evening, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
Around, 5:20 p.m. game wardens said they were notified about a possible drowning on the lake in Cherokee County.
Several people told them a man, later identified as 45-year-old Dehaven Prillerman, fell off the back of a pontoon boat while parked at the dock. They add that the man had also dropped his sunglasses and may have been trying to retrieve them.
At 5:45 p.m., authorities said a dive team located the man's body.
At this time, there is no further information on the incident.
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