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Boat Capsizes and Man Drowns in Santee River
posted 4:11 pm Mon March 03, 2008 - Berkeley County, SC
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(AP) -- The Berkeley County coroner's office says an Orangeburg fisherman drowned after his boat capsized in the Santee River. Berkeley County Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Salisbury says the body of 45-year-old Anthony Simmons was found a little after noon Saturday.
Salisbury told The Post and Courier of Charleston that Simmons and Tony Robinson of Orangeburg were fishing in a 14-foot aluminum boat below the Lake Marion spillway. The boat capsized when
Simmons stood up and threw the anchor overboard.
Robinson was rescued by two fishermen.
Salisbury says Simmons went under before he could be rescued. His body was found a little more than an hour later in six to eight feet of water.
Salisbury told The Post and Courier of Charleston that Simmons and Tony Robinson of Orangeburg were fishing in a 14-foot aluminum boat below the Lake Marion spillway. The boat capsized when
Simmons stood up and threw the anchor overboard. Robinson was rescued by two fishermen.
Salisbury says Simmons went under before he could be rescued. His body was found a little more than an hour later in six to eight feet of water.
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