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Missing Lake Murray diver identifed

The Lexington County Coroner's office has released the name of the diver who went missing Wednesday in Lake Murray
Tyler Ryan,

LAKE MURRAY SC (WOLO) – The Lake Murray diver, who went missing last Wednesday and recovered yesterday by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources  Dive Team Sunday morning has been identified. According Lexington Country Coroner Margaret Fisher, in a Facebook post, the divers name is Paul Lloyd Lunsford of Chapin.  Lunsford, who was 54, entered the water near the…

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Search continues for missing kayaker on Lake Carolina

Miya Payton,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) – South Carolina Department of Natural Resources continues the search for a 20-year-old kayaker missing on Lake Carolina since Christmas. SCDNR has not identified the missing person but family members tell ABC Columbia News he is a college student home on break. Lashae Wallace says her brother Theron Wallace is the missing kayaker.  “We’re just trying to…

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Five injured in boat crash on Lake Murray

Lindsey Goodwin,

LAKE MURRAY, S.C. (WOLO): A boat crash on Lake Murray Friday night sent five people to the hospital. Officials with the Department of Natural Resources say it happened around 10:30 p.m. on the Richland County side of the lake near Susie Ebert Island. A tritoon boat, carrying six people, collided with a cabin cruiser, causing it to sink. Five people…