Florence Police Respond to Drowning Victim

ON SATURDAY AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM, OFFICERS WITH THE FLORENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE AREA OF SOUTH POPLAR STREET TO A DROWNING SUBJECT. A FISHERMAN, FISHING BY BOAT, HAD LOCATED THE BODY AND CALLED THE POLICE. CHARLES HOLLIS WAS LOCATED DECEASED IN THE WATER. HOLLIS WAS 69 AND A RESIDENCE OF SHEFFIELD. INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT HOLLIS APPEARED TO HAVE FALLEN IN THE WTER WHILE FISHING FROM THE BANK AND THE FAMILY ADVISED HE COULD NOT SWIM.

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