July 10, 2012
Man drowns at Beech Fork Lake State Park
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LAVALETTE, W.Va. -- Police say a man who drowned at Beech Fork Lake State Park was trying to swim across the lake.

Police tell media outlets that 21-year-old Evan Richard Ferguson was swimming with a group on Monday when he went under water and didn't resurface. Searchers recovered his body several hours later.

 

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