Ringgold teen drowns in Chickamauga Creek during swimming accident
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Flowers now lay on the bank of Chickamauga Creek where 18-year-old Damond Beck was last seen swimming with his friends. (Catoosa News photo/Adam Cook)
Flowers now lay on the bank of Chickamauga Creek where 18-year-old Damond Beck was last seen swimming with his friends. (Catoosa News photo/Adam Cook)
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A Ringgold teen drowned over the weekend after he slipped into Chickamauga Creek while swimming with friends and never resurfaced, police say.

According to the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office, 18-year-old Damond Anthony Ray Beck went missing from the creek bank off of Carrol Road shortly before 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18.

Beck’s body was located in the early morning hours of Sunday morning after emergency crews worked through the night searching for the young man.

The case is being evaluated by the Department of Natural Resources, and department spokesperson Robin Hill says that investigators are still gathering information.

“The investigation is ongoing as of now,” Hill said. “We are going to wait on test results from the coroner’s office, toxicology reports, and things like that before we can make any determinations in the case.”

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