15-year old drowns in Lake Keowee

A dive team member recovered the body of a Spartanburg County boy 35 to 40 yards from the Lake Keowee shoreline at Fall Creek Landing.  Coroner Karl Addis says the victim of the accidental death was 15-year old Dillon Ray Spears of the Spartanburg County town of Wellford.  According to Addis, Dillon and a friend were believed to have tried swimming from a cove back to their origin of entry into the water when he went under.  CPR was administered but Dillon Ray Spears was pronounced dead at 10:54 yesterday morning.