17-year-old drowns in Etowah River

A 17-year-old boy drowned Tuesday while swimming with friends in Etowah River, according to Channel 2 Action News.

Bartow County sheriff’s officials told Channel 2 that the boy, identified by the friends as Sergio Cadenas, swam about 60 feet into the river and went under. He resurfaced but went under again.

Fire and emergency officials searched for the teen in a part of the river that sits between Old River Road and State Route 293, sheriff’s Sgt. Jonathan Rogers said.

The Department of Natural Resources assisted with the search.

Sergio’s body was found about 300 yards from where he went under, Channel 2 reported.

Bartow EMS tells me the body of a missing teen was recovered. He went under in the Etowah River as he tried to make it to a railroad pillar pic.twitter.com/fZvB8HYFtS
— Carl Willis (@CarlWillisTV) July 18, 2017

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