Raleigh man, 27, drowns in Virginia lake
A Raleigh man was pulled from Kerr Lake in Mecklenburg County, Va. Sunday morning after swimming with a friend Saturday evening.
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Matthew Sandy with the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries said that two men were fishing on the lake Saturday and decided to go swimming at about 6 p.m. Graham Ferguson, 27, of Raleigh did not resurface after going underwater.
Authorities said that severe weather and nightfall meant that only a preliminary search along the shoreline was conducted Saturday night and the search resumed Sunday morning.
Ferguson’s body was pulled from the lake at about 11:30 a.m.
No further information was available.
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