KERSHAW, S.C. — An 18-year-old has drowned on Lake Wateree, according to officials in Kershaw County.
Kershaw County Fire Chief William Glover said they got a call around 5 p.m. Wednesday of a reported missing swimmer.
The chief believes that the young man, identified by Kershaw County Coroner David West as Gabriel Clyburn, was swimming with friends at the time. Kershaw County EMS Director EMS Director Jim Edge had said earlier it appears Clyburn was trying to swim across a cove there and began having trouble in the water.
Multiple agencies, including Kershaw County Fire, EMS, the Kershaw County Sheriff's Department, and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, joined in the search.
