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Youth Drowns in Swimming Pool

Posted 2006-08-03T23:45:20+00:00 - Updated 1996-07-23T11:00:00+00:00

July 24, 1996 - 11:55 a.m. EDT

Michael Hampton, 18, died Tuesday after an accident at a motel swimming pool in Benson.

Rescue workers said the young man was found in the pool at the Days Inn near Highway 40 at about 5 p.m. Tuesday. He was rushed to Johnston Memorial Hospital where doctors attempted to revive him

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