North Huntingdon man drowns while vacationing on Hilton Head Island

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A North Huntingdon man drowned on Monday during his vacation on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

According to NBC affiliate WSAV, David Owens, 64, was on the island vacationing with his wife.

Around 3:30 p.m. Monday, crews were called to the Disney Beach Club in the Palmetto Dunes area of the island for a missing person in the water.

Owens was found 50 yards out into the surf after roughly 25 minutes of searching.

CPR and life-saving measures were attempted, but unsuccessful.

WSAV said this is the second drowning on the island over the last two weeks.

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