Two men lost their lives after jumping into the rushing water near South Carolina's Wateree Dam to save a 13-year-old who fell in.

Around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Kershaw County emergency response teams and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) were called for a drowning in the Tail Race just under the Wateree Dam.

The second victim in a search across the Tail Race portion of Wateree River has been found. The victims have been identified ...

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources divers recovered two drowning victims from Lake Wateree on Sunday.

The men died while trying to rescue a 13-year-old boy who had fallen into the river near the Wateree Dam. “This is more of a hero story than it is a drowning story,” Boan said. “That’s ...

Efforts to upgrade floodgates like Duke did at Lake Wateree in South Carolina are expensive, Jones said. “Those same kinds of investments have not been made at the Mountain Island dam ...

who both tragically died this past Saturday while attempting to rescue a 13-year-old boy who had fallen into the river near Wateree Dam. Kershaw County Sheriff Lee Boan praised the two men during ...

That’s behind the Wateree Dam, West said. When emergency responders got to the river, they learned there were two victims, according to the release. One body was recovered Saturday night, WIS reported ...

When Duke Energy opened Cowans Ford Dam’s floodgates, Mountain Island Lake experienced nearly 8 feet of flooding despite the ...

That’s behind the Wateree Dam, West said. When emergency responders got to the river, they learned there were two victims, according to the release. One body was recovered Saturday night ...