The White County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man who fell to his death from Yonah Mountain on Sunday as 33-year-old Srinath Ganguri. The Alpharetta man fell from the rock face side of the mountain after hiking to the top of Yonah with his wife, officials said.
While the sheriff’s office is investigating Ganguri’s death, Capt. Clay Hammond says no foul play is suspected at this time.
First responders were dispatched to the mountain northeast of Cleveland around 6 p.m. on October 16. Their search and rescue effort turned into a recovery operation after they found Ganguri dead.
“The search lasted about 45 minutes and resulted in first responders locating the body,” says White County Public Safety Public Information Officer Bryce Barrett. “After proper investigative measures took place, personnel from multiple agencies carried out extrication efforts.”
Personnel from the White County Fire Department, EMS, EMA, and sheriff’s office helped recover Ganguri’s body. Helen and Gainesville firefighters provided mutual aid.
Ganguri is at least the fourth person to die on Yonah Mountain in two years.
Two Army Rangers died on the mountain on August 9, 2022, when a tree fell on top of them during a severe thunderstorm.
On October 13, 2020, Jennifer Randel died after falling from the mountain’s rock face. The 46-year-old Cartersville woman was hiking with her husband and young son at the time of the fatal incident which officials ruled accidental.
