Autopsy performed in Lake Keowee Death

An autopsy was performed Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, on 71-year-old Thomas Larry Payne of Seneca who died late Thursday night on Lake Keowee. Oconee County Coroner Karl Addis reports that he sustained a fractured neck when he fell into the lake while trying to exit the boat onto the dock. Addis says that his cause of death was a fractured neck and that his manner death has been classified as accidental. The incident occurred Thursday night around 9:30pm on Lake Keowee near Treehaven Court in Seneca.