Tragedy on Lake Keowee

The Oconee coroner reports a boating incident death at midafternoon yesterday at an upper section of Lake Keowee.  Coroner Karl Addis says a western North Carolina man died in the hospital emergency department after being extricated from the lake in the boat and taken to Fall Creek Landing access.  The victim sustained cardiac arrest.  He’s a 60-year old resident of Fletcher, North Carolina, and his name is to be released today.  Shortly after 3:30 yesterday afternoon, 9-1-1 received a call reporting a person struck by the propeller of a boat near the Fall Creek landing.  The preliminary cause of death is blood loss from a large cut on the right leg.  A post-mortem exam takes place today.  The death is being investigated by the state DNR.