Body Found, Men Identified In Lake Lanier Boat Accident

CUMMING, GA — A day after two men went missing during a boating accident on Lake Lanier, one man's body was found according to authorities.

The body of Brianislav Prazich, 55, was found by divers Thursday, May 9 in about 33-feet of water near the crash site of Bald Ridge Creek near Little Ridge Park, Georgia Department of Natural Resources spokesman Mark McKinnon told the AJC.

Prazich, who was operating the bass boat, was one of two men who went missing Wednesday night after the fishing boat they were on collided with a cruiser on the lake. The other passenger, who is still missing, is Edward Schimweg, 38-years-old, both are from Cumming.

The bass boat collided Wednesday night with a cruiser that had three people on board: Scott Butler, 55, of Atlanta who was operating the cruiser; Amy R. Butler, 19, of Atlanta; and Abigail Suzman, 18, of Scarsdale, N.Y., the DNR told the Forsyth County News.

Scott Butler was taken to North Fulton Hospital for chest pain and upper extremity injuries, while the two women had minor injuries.

The cause of the accident is under investigation by the DNR’s Critical Incident Response Team, which is expected to take 6-8 weeks, the DNR told the FCN.