FAIRFIELD COUNTY, S.C. — Fairfield County Coroner Chris Hill has released the name of a 25-year-old man who drowned at Lake Wateree on Saturday, July 1.
Officials were called to the scene near Ridgeway on Saturday where Marquavious Sanders, of Great Falls, was fishing with family. Sanders went into the water to retrieve fishing equipment when he went underwater. Family members and bystanders were able to recover Sanders from the water and began CPR until EMS arrived at the scene.
Sanders was transported to the Medical University of South Carolina Fairfield emergency department, where he died.
The Fairfield County Coroner's Office is investigating the accident.
