CORNELIUS, N.C. — A woman drowned in Lake Norman after sustaining injuries near a dock, officials said.
Cornelius police and Huntersville Fire Department personnel responded to Island Forest Drive on Sunday afternoon.
Officials identified the victim as Shakira Varner, 27, from Charlotte.
Paramedics told Channel 9 that Varner was found at the bottom of the lake and pulled from the water after roughly 10 minutes underwater.
Police said that Varner and another woman were on a private dock when Varner fell off and into the lake.
She was taken to Carolinas Medical Center with but was later pronounced dead.
Investigators said the drowning happened off a dock and was not boat-related.
Sunday’s incident is the third drowning on Lake Norman this year.
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