An early-morning swim in a northeast Georgia lake ended in tragedy Saturday when a 25-year-old from Cherokee County drowned, according to investigators.

Brek Lewis Green had been swimming in a cove on Lake Chatuge in Towns County around 4 a.m. with a friend when the two swam back to their dock, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said. The two were using individual floats in the water. The lake is located just more than two hours northeast of Atlanta.

“The friend attempted to get the individual to go inside, but he did not,” a DNR spokesperson said in a statement. “The friend went inside briefly, and when the friend returned, the subject was missing.”

Towns County emergency responders found Green’s float at a dock across the cove, and game wardens began searching the area. At ab

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