Boy, 15, drowns in lake near Ga.-SC border
MARTINEZ, Ga. (AP) – Authorities say a 15-year-old boy drowned while rafting on Thurmond Lake near the Georgia-South Carolina border.
The Augusta Chronicle reports that the teen went under the water Sunday evening. His body was recovered around 9 p.m.
Columbia County sheriff’s Capt. Steve Morris says the boy was rafting in the lake with a friend when they became separated.
The boy’s name hasn’t been released.
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