AIKEN COUNTY, SC — Officials are investigating the death of a man who died in an accident involving a tractor near the Georgia border, deputies told Channel 2 Action News.
The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office told Channel 2 Action News that a dive team was sent to search a body of water for a South Carolina man whose tractor overturned in the area.
Deputies said they responded after a caller performing a wellness check on their father found his tractor partially submerged in the water.
The man told deputies he hadn’t spoken to his father since the previous night.
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WRDW said divers discovered the body at around 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
The body of water is along the Old Jackson Highway near Beech Island.
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The man will be identified once the next of kin is notified.
Channel 2 Action News has contacted the sheriff’s office to learn more about this developing story.
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