3 siblings drown in same Georgia lake on same day

LINCOLNTON, Ga. –  A 22-year-old girl and her two youthful brothers have drowned in a Georgia lake, authorities mentioned.

Lincoln County Sheriff Paul Reviere mentioned the three siblings drowned Thursday within the Amity Recreation Space on Clarks Hill Lake.

Coroner Tim Quarles recognized the victims as Raven Powell, of McDuffie County; Mason Powell, 4; and Sawyer Powell, 3.

Information shops report the our bodies have been recovered and can be despatched to the state crime lab for an post-mortem. The coroner’s workplace mentioned the three siblings died someday after 5 p.m. Thursday.

Additional particulars about what occurred haven’t been launched. The incident stays beneath investigation by the sheriff’s workplace, the Georgia Division of Pure Sources and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The realm is on the identical arm of the lake the place finest associates Eynn Wilson and Edward Kirk drowned slightly over a 12 months in the past whereas on a boating tour with family and friends members. Shontover Kirkland, 32, was charged with reckless conduct and involuntary manslaughter and simply this week pleaded responsible within the case.