Officials say a young man drowned in Chickamauga Lake on Sunday evening.
According to Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency spokesman Dan Hicks, several boats were tied together at Paradise Cove, which is just north of Harrison Bay State Park. About 5:45 p.m., Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers received a 911 call in reference to a drowning near those boats.
Responders used sonar to find a young man who never resurfaced after swimming with friends. A local rescue diver found the body about 6:45 p.m.
Since next of kin hasn’t been notified, nothing has been released about the drowning victim except for his gender, officials said.
The fatality is the fifth Hamilton County drowning death on the Tennessee River in the last two weeks.