Crews Pull Submerged Pickup Truck from Lake Hartwell
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Crews Pull Submerged Pickup Truck from Lake Hartwell...
Dive teams from Oconee County pulled a four-door pickup truck out off Lake Hartwell Monday.
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Diver in Lake Hartwell Monday morning after a pickup truck was found submerged six feet underwater.
The S.C. Highway Patrol confirms no one was inside a pickup truck that was pulled out of Lake Hartwell Monday. Dive teams from Oconee County pulled the four-door pickup truck out around 11:30 a.m.
Oconee County Emergency Management Director Rodney Burdette says rescue crews and the dive team went in to search the water at the Friendship boat landing at Coneross Creek Road in Seneca.
Burdette says the vehicle appeared to be in five to six feet of water. A tow truck pulled the truck out of the water to shore. The Highway Patrol says the truck was empty when they examined it on land.
Investigators believe the truck may have been in the water for several years, but only became visible now because of the low levels on Lake Hartwell because of the drought.
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that was my fathers truck that was stolen back in 2005. We know who stole it but the police would not do anything to the guy because they said he was a nark
Thats interesting…I found a car at Twin Lakes off the boat ramp the other week and it never made the news. My car was in 28ft of water and I found in free-diving. The police were notified and divers came on the scene.
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