A 60-year-old woman drowned in Lake Allatoona following a medical emergency Tuesday, officials said.
The woman was found face down in the water and recovered by family members before being taken to a hospital, Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Mark McKinnon confirmed.
She was swimming on the lake off McKaskey Creek Road in Bartow County when the “medical emergency” occurred, according to McKinnon. Authorities said she was wearing a ski belt, a flotation device worn around the waist…