A second boy has died a week after he and two others were pulled from Lake Tobesofkee near Macon in a drowning incident, officials said.

The kids were near the Michael Dewayne Jones Public Fishing Area when they “suddenly went under” the water May 23, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post.

A 7-year-old, identified by officials as Tristan Cornelius, drowned in the lake that day and was pulled out by divers. The other boys, ages 8 and 10, were rescued and taken to the hospital, authorities said.

But 8-year-old Kiheen Johnson Jeffrey, who was in critical condition, did not recover and died Saturday, according to county Coroner Leon Jones.

Jones said he believes the boys were standing along the lake watching ducks when they fell in. They couldn’t swim and were not we

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