21-year-old man drowns while swimming in Lake Lanier, deputies say

HALL COUNTY, Ga. — A Missouri man has died after drowning while swimming in Lake Lanier with two friends, sheriff’s deputies say.

Deputies say 21-year-old Adelso Enrique Barillas of Kansas City, Missouri and two of his friends were swimming in the lake at the Old Federal Campground in Flowery Branch on Sunday morning.

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While swimming, Barillas began to struggle and went under the water and never came back up at 10:45 a.m.

Divers with Hall County Fire Rescue pulled Barillas from the lake and took him to Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville where he was pronounced dead.

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Deputies say the case is still under investigation.

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