LINCOLN COUNTY (NBC 26) — An 11-year-old girl is dead after falling off the back of a boat that was on Lake Alexander over the weekend.
The Lincoln County Sheriff says dispatchers got a call Sunday afternoon before 3:30 p.m. for a girl who had fallen off the back of a boat and went missing underwater.
Emergency responders were called to the area with dive teams and fan boats.
Through sonar technology, crews were able to locate the girl's body after 7 p.m., and they say she was pronounced dead at the scene.
The victim's name is being held out of respect and privacy for the family.
