LAKE OCONEE, Ga. — Crews are searching Lake Oconee on Friday for a man who went under while swimming on Thursday night.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that a man was trying to swim across Collins Cove when he went under.
The Greene County Sheriff’s Office identified him as Bertram Raymond Foster, 54, of Williamson, Texas.
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They were called to the lake just before 10 p.m.
Crews used sonar to search until 2 a.m. They returned at 7:30 a.m. on Friday morning.
Greene County Sheriff Donnie Harrison asked for anyone boating on the lake to avoid the area as they continue searching.
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Earlier this year, a pair of teachers vanished while boating on Lake Oconee.
Joycelyn Wilson and her fiancé Gary Jones disappeared in February. Wilson’s body was recovered the next day, but crews searched the lake for a month to find Jones’ body.
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