CHATTOOGA COUNTY SHERIFF RALPH KELLETT TOLD AM 1180 CHATTOOGA RADIO NEWS THAT A LOCAL TEENAGER DROWNED OVER THE WEEKEND IN A SWIMMING ACCIDENT.  ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION FROM THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, 17 YEAR OLD TONY DEWAYNER ELLER WAS SWIMMING IN THE CHATTOOGA RIVER OFF OF HANKINS DRIVE IN SUMMERVILLE WITH SEVERAL FRIENDS.  WITNNESES REPORTED THAT ELLER WENT UNDER WATER AND NEVER CAME BACK UP.  THE CHATTOOGA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, THE CHATTOOGA COUNTY EMS AND THE SUMMERVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT ALL RESPONDED TO THE SCENE.  THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WAS CALLED IN AND SHORTLY AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL THEY RECOVERED THE BODY OF THE VICTIM NEAR THE AREA WHERE HE WAS LAST SEEN.  SHERIFF KELLETT SAID THAT THE VICTIM WOULD BE SENT TO THE GBI CRIME LAB FOR AN AUTOPSY BUT THAT NO FOUL PAY WAS SUSPECTED AT THIS TIME.