Drowning victim identified

The man who drowned last evening on the Georgia side of Lake Hartwell was a 22-year old Greer, South Carolina resident.  The Hart County coroner, Mike Adams, said the fatality was Armando Esteban Sanchez Martinez.  He drowned around 6 o’clock while swimming with friends at the Big Oaks Recreation area.  The coroner said Martinez could not swim, and was not wearing a life jacket when he went into the water and got separated from his group. Georgia marine officers say more this year than in years past, they are seeing an increase of in-experienced boaters.