Coroner announces name of swimmer who drowned in Horry County river
Late Saturday afternoon South Carolina Department of Natural Resources divers recovered the body of De’Quan Casey from the river at Yauhannah Landing.
Authorities said the dive team recovered the body after witnesses said they saw a swimmer submerge while swimming near the landing and he did not resurface.
Casey was 26 years old and from Hemingway, SC. Authorities said he was swimming in the Great Pee Dee River near the Horry and Georgetown County line
This case has been ruled an accidental drowning.
This story was originally published July 11, 2021 at 9:52 AM.
Gerard Albert III
The Sun News