Sumter mother warns to take simple precaution against deadly amoeba in fresh water

BY SHELBIE GOULDING
shelbie@theitem.com
Posted 7/16/22

A Sumter mother continues to ask the public to take caution in warm fresh water this summer 10 years after her son's unexpected death from a deadly amoeba.

Gingi Driggers is the mother of Blake, her 8-year-old boy who died of a brain-eating …

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