Drowning on Lake Keowee Saturday Night

At approximately 10:35 pm Saturday night, July 30, a caller to 911 reported a man had fallen into Lake Keowee from a dock located at 105 Emerald Pointe Drive, Seneca. He reportedly had walked to the dock to get onto his boat when he fell.

The victim, identified as 73 year-old Jeffrey Bruce Sciallo, was found in an estimated twenty feet of water about twenty minutes after the initial call to 911.

An autopsy was performed yesterday, according to the Oconee County Coroner’s Office, who ruled the death as an accidental drowning.