Roswell woman dies after tubing accident on Allatoona

By Alexis Stevens

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A 24-year-old Roswell woman died Wednesday night after being critically injured Tuesday in a tubing accident.

A boat was pulling Zana Swift on an inner tube when the inner tube hit some rocks, according to Tim Cavender with the Cherokee County Fire Department.

“She went head-first into the rocks,” Cavender said.

Swift was flown by helicopter to Atlanta Medical Center in critical condition following the accident.

She was not wearing a life jacket, authorities said.

The incident happened around 4:45 p.m. on Lake Allatoona, near the Little River Marina, off Bells Ferry Road, Cavender said.

Rescuers reached Swift, who was about 1,500 yards from shore, by boat.

Swift was unresponsive when rescuers arrived and was transported by boat to shore and placed in an ambulance. Paramedic Brian Cowart said the victim had severe head trauma and severe trauma to her lower extremities.

The driver of the boat has been identified as 53-year-old Christopher Girous. He faces charges for the reckless operation of a watercraft and for pulling a person not wearing a life jacket.

— Staff writer Marcus K. Garner contributed to this story.