Soldier drowns while swimming at West Virginia lake
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Posted 11:22AM on Wednesday 3rd July 2002 ( 22 years ago )
CANVAS, WEST VIRGINIA - A U.S. Army solider based in Georgia has drowned while swimming at Summersville Lake in Nicholas County, West Virginia. <br>
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Divers recovered the body of 21-year-old Private Max Scott Hagerman of Fort Stewart, Georgia, from the lake at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Authorities said today that his body was found about one hour after he went underwater and failed to surface. <br>
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Hagerman was pronounced dead at Summersville Memorial Hospital. <br>
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Witnesses told police Hagerman had been swimming for about one hour near Brocks Bridge in the Canvas area before he disappeared. <br>
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The body has been sent to the state medical examiner's officer.
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