Pontoon boat capsizes, kills 1 as storm hits Lake Marion
6 friends were on lake when wind, waves trapped them under vessel
BY SHARRON HALEY
Clarendon Contributor
Clarendon Contributor
Posted 7/16/19
MANNING - One man died late Saturday afternoon after he and five friends were trapped in a swamped pontoon boat on Lake Marion during a thunderstorm.
The Orangeburg County Coroner's Office has not released the name of the victim.
The six …
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