Monday, June 1, 2015

1 Dead After Boating Accident in Screven County, Georgia

MAY 31, 2015

Screven County, GA

According to Mark McKinnon with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) the body of the man missing since Saturday May 31st has been found.

Crews were searching for him with sonar as well as an aerial search.

His body has been removed from the water and was sent to the coroner's office.

DNR is conducting an investigation that will last from 6 to 8 weeks.


***POSTED at 10:05 p.m. on May 31, 2015***

The search continues tonight for a man's body after a boating accident Saturday along the Savannah River in Screven County, GA.


Charles W. Morrell Jr., was by himself on a boat when eyewitnesses say they saw him gun down the boat and a gust of wind blew the bow of the boat back and the boat came out from under him.

Burke County Dive Team and Screven County Fire and Rescue are searching by boat, but the coroner says they are ruling the 51-year-old dead and are waiting to recover his body.