Kentucky woman drowns off SC beach

GARDEN CITY, S.C. (AP) — A Kentucky woman has drowned while swimming over the weekend near Myrtle Beach.

Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard tells area media outlets that 52-year-old Laurie Davidson of Lexington, Kentucky, was pulled from the ocean at Garden City on Sunday morning.

She was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital shortly after 10 a.m.

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