Crashes on Georgia roads killed 19 people over the Labor Day weekend, and a 20th person drowned in Lake Lanier, according to state officials. The drowning was reported over the three-day weekend, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. A 46-year-old Vinings man drowned Saturday afternoon on Lake Lanier after he went underwater while swimming to his boat, officials said. Investigators believe Hasani Kamau Widemond was trying to swim from the shore to his boat. He was found in about 25 feet of water, the DNR said. The number of deaths reported over the Labor Day weekend was down from 2023, when 21 died in crashes and three others drowned.
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