North Augusta officials are investigating Thursday night’s apparent drowning death of a local man who jumped off a Savannah River boat landing at Boeckh Park.
Tyez J. Minter, 20, of Augusta, never resurfaced from the water after jumping off the landing with other friends around 10:30 p.m. Thursday. His body was eventually recovered Friday afternoon about 200 yards away from the boat landing, located at 508 Front St., according to Aiken County Coroner Darryl Ables.
“After the victim failed to resurface, the North Augusta Department of Public Safety and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources initiated a search for the victim,” Ables said. “Due to inclement weather conditions, the search was called off and resumed (Friday) morning.”
Minter will be autopsied Monday morning in Newberry. The Aiken County Coroner’s Office and the North Augusta Department of Public Safety are continuing with the investigation, the coroner said.
Greg Rickabaugh is the Jail Report contributor for The Augusta Press. Reach him at greg.rickabaugh@theaugustapress.com
