CORNELIUS, N.C. — A man died after falling off a boat in Lake Norman Thursday afternoon, officials said.
Multiple agencies responded to an area of Lake Norman near Cornelius around 3:30 p.m. for a reported drowning. The man fell in the water after a boating accident, officials said.
Personnel from Cornelius, Huntersville, Denver, and NC Wildlife began a search around the Blythe Landing and Ramsey Creek Park areas.
After multiple hours of searching, the man, identified as Diego Andres Osorio Garcia, 25, was pulled from the water around 7:25 p.m. Officials pronounced Osorio Garcia dead at the scene.
Officials note Osorio Garcia was not wearing a life jacket.
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