NC Teen Drowned in Lake Hartwell

An 18-year-old man from Cornelius, North Carolina, drowned in Lake Hartwell on Friday, according to the Anderson County coroner’s office. He was identified as Louis Pontez-Farias. The coroner’s office said Farias was on vacation with a group of friends at a rental home on Sunny Shore Lane. They last saw him around 3 or 4 a.m. on Friday and thought he had gone to bed. When they woke up, they could not find him. Investigators found Farias’ body near a dock, about five feet from the shore. They said there was no sign of foul play and ruled the death accidental.