Fatal Boating Accident on Lake Keowee

A man died Sunday afternoon after he was struck on his right leg by the propeller of a boat, according to the Oconee County Coroner’s Office.

Oconee 911 received a call not long after 3:30pm informing emergency personnel of the accident near Fall Creek Landing.6

60-year old Scott T. Johnson of Fletcher, North Carolina, suffered cardiac arrest when he was being pulled out of the lake, according to the coroner’s office. He later died at the hospital, officials said.