Myrtle Beach man dies in boating crash on the Intracoastal Waterway

A 28-year-old man from Myrtle Beach died Sunday night as a result of injuries sustained during a boating crash on the Intracoastal Waterway.

Law enforcement is investigating the crash, led by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

The name of the deceased will be released pending family notification, according to Patty Bellamy, Horry County Deputy Coroner.

Horry County Fire Rescue was dispatched at 8:23 p.m. to the area of 5083 Watergate Drive on the waterway, which is just south of Arrowhead Country Club, and said it transported two people to the hospital.

This is a developing story. Return to www.MyrtleBeachOnline.com for updates.

This story was originally published April 12, 2021 at 3:01 AM.

Alan Blondin

The Sun News

Alan Blondin covers golf, Coastal Carolina University athletics, business, and numerous other sports-related topics that warrant coverage. Well-versed in all things Myrtle Beach, Horry County and the Grand Strand, the 1992 Northeastern University journalism school valedictorian has been a reporter at The Sun News since 1993 after working at papers in Texas and Massachusetts. He has earned eight top-10 Associated Press Sports Editors national writing awards and more than 20 top-three S.C. Press Association writing awards since 2007.