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MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. — Officials are investigating a drowning at Lake James.
First responders first received the call just after 4 p.m. on Saturday, WLOS reported.
Divers from the McDowell rescue found 28-year-old Jeremy Benjamin underwater just before 5 p.m. Saturday in an area of Lake James called Black Bear Cove.
The patient was pronounced dead at the scene.
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