Search for SUV in Georgetown County pond turns up nothing

Tire tracks leading to a Georgetown County pond prompted divers to search the water Saturday, but officials said their efforts turned up no vehicles or people.

Shortly before 6:40 a.m., Midway Fire Rescue received a call about tracks that veered off Willbrook Boulevard and led to a pond, said Midway Chief Doug Eggiman. The pond is near the Tradition Golf Club in the Pawleys Island area.

A dive team from the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office assisted Midway, but crews found neither a person nor a vehicle in the water, Eggiman said.

A sonar scan of the pond also yielded nothing, according to WPDE, The Sun News’ coverage partner. Authorities called off the search around 4 p.m.

Eggiman said the width of the tracks indicates the vehicle that made them was an SUV. The S.C. Highway Patrol is also investigating the matter.

This story was originally published August 22, 2015 at 6:29 PM with the headline "Search for SUV in Georgetown County pond turns up nothing."