Source: Lara D Young/Getty Images / Getty Two Men Die On Lake Lanier During Memorial Day Weekend Police are (once again) warning people to be prudent when vacationing at a local Georgia lake. WSBTV reports that two men lost their lives this holiday weekend at Lake Lanier. A 30-year-old man, Reginald Whitehad, was on a jet ski and trying to pull it onto a boat ramp at Shoal Creek Park when the watercraft flipped over around 8 p.m. Search crews recovered Whitehad’s body around 10:45 p.m. Authorities told WSBTV that the victim was from Perry, Ga. and did not know how to swim. He was also not wearing a life jacket at the time of the accident. AHEAD IN OUR NEXT HOUR: 30 year old Reginald Whitehad drowned on Lake Lainer after his jet ski flipped over Saturday night. His friends confirmed this picture of him to me. In it, he has a life jacket on. But when the accident happened, police say he wasn't wearing one. pic.twitter.com/XNhe8JP8Rw — Lauren Pozen WSB (@LaurenPozenWSB) May 26, 2019 Just before Whitehad’s body was found, police recovered the body of a man near his boat dock off Pine Forest Road on Lake Lanier. That man, 61-year-old Michael Thompson, was pronounced dead on the scene. NEXT ON CHANNEL 2: Searchers recovered the body of a 2nd man who drowned on Lake Lanier in less than 24 hours. @LaurenPozenWSB is live with what we know about the victim: https://t.co/AqOOOPRnfl pic.twitter.com/nC7khbrLtT — WSB-TV (@wsbtv) May 26, 2019 Please, please, PLEASE be careful at Lake Lanier. Authorities are urging people to wear their life jackets if they go out on the lake.
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Jesus Take The Wheel: 2 Men Die Within 24 Hours In Georgia’s Lake Lanier
