Coroner’s office: 21-year-old was helping pull boy from rip current when he disappeared in ocean
Published: Jun. 14, 2022 at 11:07 AM EDT|Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 1:04 PM EDT
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) - The body of a missing swimmer has been recovered, according to police.
Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said the body of 21-year-old Yannick Dbumeni-Ndaleu of Silver Springs, Maryland washed ashore around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Crews with the Myrtle Beach Fire and Police Departments searched the area of 7th Avenue North on Monday afternoon for Dbumeni-Ndaleu.
He was later recovered near 54th Avenue North.
Willard said that he was helping another swimmer pull his son from a rip current when he disappeared in the waters.
He died of asphyxiation due to drowning, according to the coroner’s office.
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