Recent graduate drowns in Lake Keowee

A man from England drowned in a Pickens County lake Friday, according to the county coroner.

Pickens County coroner Kandy Kelley says the drowning happened at the Cliffs boat ramp on Lake Keowee, around 5:40 p.m.

The coroner identified the victim as Derrick Andrew Otin, 24, from Nottingham, England.

The coroner says Otin was visiting a friend at the Cliffs.

Kelley says Otin recently graduated from Xavier University in Ohio in May of this year.

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is investigating.

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