Officials identify Allatoona Lake drown victim as 18-year-old Chance Werner

Mike Gallagher

May 25, 2014 - 14:43

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Officials identify Allatoona Lake drown victim as 18-year-old Chance Werner

Tragic loss ... Chance Werner, 18 drowned while playing a game in which someone is launched off a dock in a shopping trolley. Picture: Facebook/Chance Werner Source: Supplied

The Bartow County Sheriff's Office is investigating the drowning death of a Euharlee teen at an Allatoona Lake marina.

Upon arrival, witnesses stated that 18 year-old Chance Weer of Cartersville was playing a game with friends during which a person would sit in a shopping cart tied to a pole, then the cart was forcefully pushed off the dock,causing the person to "pop" out of the cart and the person would swim to the dock. This time, however, the cart was tied to Weer - not a pole, officials said. The cart pulled him into the water and he did not resurface.

Weer, who witnesses say graduated from high school on Saturday, was recovered by DNR, with assistance from Bartow County Sheriff's Office and Bartow County Fire and Rescue, at 2:50 a.m. in 30 feet of water still tied to the cart. The incident is still under investigation.