5-year-old drowns in Allatoona Lake, DNR says

BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. - A 5-year-old drowned on Saturday afternoon on Allatoona Lake in Bartow County.

Witnesses say the boy was playing on a float when he went under at around 2:40 p.m.

Department of Natural Resources game wardens found the boy using sonar. He was in approximately six feet of water and a dive team recovered the body at 4:35 p.m. 

The boy is identified as Kaiden Franklin of Calhoun.