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Young Child Drowns While Tubing in the Chattahoochee River
During the search for the child the Buford Dam was generating power, "meaning the water was flowing very swiftly."
A 9-year-old girl who was tubing in the Chattahoochee River drowned late Friday. Capt. Jason Shivers with the Forsyth County Fire Department said Anna Vanhorn of Peachtree City was under water for more than hour before her life preserver was spotted by authorities. The girl was transported to Northside Hospital-Forsyth where she was later pronounced dead. Vanhorn was with two adults, Rachel Johnston, 19, of Cumming, and Ashley Mabry, 19, of Suwanee, along with three minors at the time of the incident, according to a statement from the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office. Local authorities were alerted at 4:32 p.m. that a child was missing from the Chattahoochee River, somewhere between the Highway 20 bridge and Settles Bridge Park in Forsyth …
Lauren
10:04 am on Wednesday, June 22, 2011
They were tubing with Up The River Outfitters Sugar Hill location, which is now closed. The dam schedule of water released can be called and checked on every morning but is subjected to change. The sirens can be heard for miles and should not be ignored if you are with young children or can not swim. I have been on the river when the dam is opened and it is fun but can be dangerous. Up The River … more ›