CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Cherokee County Coroner’s Office said it is investigating after a man fell into a farm pond.

The coroner said Leron Lee Williams, 34, was boating with his 6-year-old son in a pond off Jones Street in Blacksburg around 6 p.m. when the incident occurred.

Williams was not wearing a life preserver, the coroner reported.

The coroner said that according to the child, the boy and his dad were attempting to change seats in the boat when Williams fell out and did not surface. The boy jumped out of the boat and swam to shore to ask for help.

Williams was recovered from a water depth of approximately six feet by members of the CKC Fire Department around 7:30 p.m., the coroner said. Williams was declared dead at the scene.

An autopsy will be performed as

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