Coroner: Pennsylvania man dies after kayak jump in SC Lake

title= — A man from Pennsylvania visiting South Carolina died Saturday, November 6, 2021, after authorities said he drowned in Lake Hartwell.

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COLOMBIA, South Carolina

A man from Pennsylvania visiting South Carolina to attend a wedding drowned in Lake Hartwell early Saturday morning, authorities said.

The body of Kellen Jerome Mackey, 26, was found before noon on Saturday after an initial 911 call around 2:15 a.m. Saturday about a missing person who was presumed to have drowned, the Oconee County coroner’s office said.

The coroner’s office said Mackey allegedly got into a kayak on the lake and rolled over. Mackey was not wearing a personal flotation device and could not swim, the coroner’s office reported.

The drowning occurred in the Martin Creek area of Hartwell Lake near Seneca, the coroner’s office said.

A resident of New Brighton, Pa., Mackey was in South Carolina to attend a wedding party at a house near Cartee Road, the coroner’s office said.

Maayan Schechter (My-yahn Schek-ter) is the editor-in-chief of The State’s political and government team. She has covered SC State House and Politics for the State since 2017. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and graduated from the University of North Carolina-Asheville in 2013. She previously worked for Aiken Standard and the Greenville News. She won reporting awards in South Carolina.
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