PUTNAM COUNTY, Ga. — A Forsyth man was found dead after he was thrown from a boat on Lake Sinclair in central Georgia Tuesday.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources said they responded to reports that a 42-year-old man was thrown off a boat when it hit an object in the lake. The man’s daughter jumped in to tried to save him, but was unable to.
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Crews located the man’s body around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Putnam County Sheriff Howard Stills told the Union Recorder that the accident happened near Putman Beach.
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The victim and his daughter, who is 18, were fishing when they hit what authorities believe was a tree stump in the water. Both were thrown from the boat.
Lake Sinclair is about two and a half hours southeast of Atlanta.
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The victim has not been identified.
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