Posted: Sunday, October 19th 2008 at 6:55pm

Man presumed drowned in Lake Allatoona

By The Associated Press

The search continues for the body of a man presumed drowned in Lake Allatoona (Photo from WSB-TV)

WOODSTOCK, Ga. - Cherokee County authorities are searching for a 32-year-old swimmer who apparently drowned in Lake Allatoona.

County fire department spokesman Tim Cavender says the man was swimming around a boat with his wife and children aboard when he disappeared in the waters about 4:30 p.m. Saturday near the Victoria Marina.

Cavender says the water temperature was about 68 degrees.

Divers searched the waters until about 7:30 p.m. Saturday and resumed the search Sunday morning.

It was this year's fifth drowning in Lake Allatoona and the first in the Cherokee County part of the lake.

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