LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) - Sheriff’s officials in Georgia say a man drowned when he jumped into a lake to save his 64-year-old father who had accidentally fallen in.
The Troup County Sheriff’s Office said it recovered the body of 34-year-old Jermiah Israel, of Jonesboro, on Monday. Israel jumped into West Point Lake from his boat to save his father around 12:30 a.m.
The lake lies about 80 miles southwest of Atlanta.
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Sheriff’s officials say other boaters were able to pull the father from the water. He was treated at a hospital and released.
Rescue crews found Israel’s body around 10:45 a.m.
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