{"id":1987017,"date":"2023-07-31T16:11:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T20:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-dies-after-being-electrocuted-while-jumping-into-georgia-lake\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T16:13:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T20:13:47","slug":"man-dies-after-being-electrocuted-while-jumping-into-georgia-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-dies-after-being-electrocuted-while-jumping-into-georgia-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Man electrocuted while diving into Georgia lake, dies."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-dies-after-being-electrocuted-while-jumping-into-georgia-lake%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987017&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by Kevin C. Cox\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/shawntel-smith-hill\">Shawntel Smith-Hill<\/a><br \/>1:06 PM \u2013 Monday, July 31, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>A 24-year-old man named Thomas Milner has been \u200cidentified as the\u2063 victim of \u2063an electrical shock drowning, after he jumped off a dock into Georgia\u2019s largest lake on Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lawyers-told-to-expect-indictment-over-jan-6\/\" title=\"Trump's lawyers anticipate indictment for Jan. 6 incident.\">news outlets\u2063 reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>At about 5:30 p.m., deputies \u200dresponded to\u2064 a reported drowning in Lake Lanier in Cumming, Georgia. \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Milner was reportedly heard\u2064 screaming for help right after \u200che jumped into \u2064the water, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200cGeorgia Department of Natural Resources told the press that a local neighbor was able to pull Milner\u2064 from the water. He was swiftly rushed\u200d to Northside Forsyth Hospital, but was eventually pronounced dead.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to help the struggling man, a family friend attempted to use a ladder to pull Milner out of the water but was unsuccessful. According to the sheriff\u2019s office, a neighbor piloted a boat over to Milner\u200b to rescue him, and then another neighbor got into the water and\u200d gave assistance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThat person described a burning sensation he recognized as an\u200b electric shock,\u201d the sheriff\u2019s department said. \u201cHe swam ashore, turned off \u2063the power box and re-entered the water ultimately pulling [Milner] onto the dock.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the Electric Shock Drowning Prevention Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-dies-after-being-electrocuted-while-jumping-into-georgia-lake\/\" title=\"Man electrocuted while diving into Georgia lake, dies.\">electric shock drowning<\/a> can occur when electrical currents \u2064leak into nearby waters, causing swimmers to \u2063become incapacitated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThere is no visible warning or way to tell if water surrounding a boat, marina or dock\u2062 is\u200b energized or \u2063within seconds will become energized with fatal levels of electricity,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Electric shock drownings are often labeled as common drownings \u200bin cases where no witnesses were able \u2062to report the shock in\u200d the water.<\/p>\n<p>The Electric\u200b Shock \u2064Drowning Prevention Association has continued to raise awareness and educate people on the risks of electric shock in \u200bwater.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Man Dies by Electrocution After Jumping Into Lake Lanier <br \/>Lake Lanier has\u200c claimed yet another life in Georgia \u2014 only this time, the mode of death is one no one seems to be \u2064able to explain \u2026 because a guy was shocked to his\u200d demise. 24-year-old Thomas \u200bMilner was killed Thursda\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dqDPYTrJSu\">pic.twitter.com\/dqDPYTrJSu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr.LyndaBarnes (@MrsBarnesII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrsBarnesII\/status\/1685716671862800384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July\u200d 30, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Stay \u200cinformed! Receive breaking\u200c news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe\u2062 here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Mayor Dave Bronson reported the relocation plan \u200cthis\u200d week, after a stadium that has been\u200b used\u200d as a shelter in the past closed this year, further\u2063 straining the city\u2019s capacity to house and care for the homeless<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Alex Newman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Scott LoBaido<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Rep. Matt Rosendale<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Elvira \u200dPollina MILAN\u200b (Reuters) -Italy\u2019s AGCM competition watchdog said on \u200dMonday it had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-mayor-of-anchorage-alaska-announces-a-plan-to-fly-the-citys-homeless-to-warmer-destinations-before-winter\/\" title=\"Anchorage Mayor to Fly Homeless to Warmer Places Before Winter.\">accepted commitments \u2062proposed<\/a> by Google to end a\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>(Reuters) \u2013 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)\u200b had asked Coinbase to stop trading \u200din all cryptocurrencies except bitcoin before suing\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Tom Bateman and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) \u2013 As Japan enjoys a post-pandemic resurgence in tourism from around the globe, Seibu\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Munsif\u200b Vengattil \u200cand Praveen Paramasivam CHENNAI (Reuters) -Taiwan\u2019s Foxconn has signed an\u200b agreement with India\u2019s Tamil Nadu to\u2064 invest 16 billion\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24-year-old Thomas Milner has been identified as the victim of an electrical shock drowning in Georgia&#8217;s largest lake. He jumped off a dock and tragically lost his life. Deputies arrived at the scene around 5:30 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2216,"featured_media":1987018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}