ACCORDING
TO UPSON COUNTY SHERIFF DAN KILGORE SIX YOUTHS FROM
LAMAR AND SPALDING COUNTY GOT IN TROUBLE ON RAIN-SW0LLEN
POTATO CREEK SATURDAY EVENING AND WERE RESCUED BY LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT—A RESCUE THAT DISPATCHED A HELICOPTER TO
SEARCH FOR THEM NEAR THE MUD BRIDGE ROAD BRIDGE. THREE WERE
IN A HIGH DEGREE OF PERIL.
UPSON
S.O. SAID 17 YEAR OLD AUSTIN PRINCE OF GRIFFIN CALLED 911
AROUND 5PM AFTER 21 YEAR OLD ANDREW PRINCE OF GRIFFIN
FELL OUT OF THE BOAT .
THREE
OF THE KAYAKERS MANAGED TO STAY IN THE BOAT BUT A THIRD HAD
TO HANG ON TO A GROUP OF TREES IN THE SWIFT WATER FOR 6
HOURS.
DEPUTIES
IDENTIFIED THE OTHER YOUTHS AS 18 YEAR OLD BRYSTON CLEMENTS
OF MILNER, 18 YEAR OLD GAGE DOVECK OF BARNESVILLE, 17 YEAR
OLD JARED DOERING OF GRIFFIN, AND 18 YEAR OLD CHANCE
THOMPSON OF MILNER.
SHERIFF
KILGORE SAID RECENT SWIFT WATER RESCUE TRAINING IN TEXAS BY
THE EMA PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN THE RESCUE.
EMA
DIRECTOR MARTHA ANNE MCCARTY WAS ON SITE AS THE RESCUE
EFFORT ENDED AROUND 11PM SATURDAY. SHE THANKED SPALDING
COUNTY AND LAMAR COUNTY AUTHORITES AND THE GA. DEPARTMENT
OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THEIR HELP.
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