Another Teenager Drowns On NC Coast
Another teenager drowns at the beach on the North Carolina coast. A 17-year-old boy from Wayne County drowned at Emerald Isle beach at the Crystal Coast on Saturday. He was one of two teenagers swimming at the beach at Emerald Isle on Saturday. Both were caught in a rip current. One of the boys was rescued by a nearby surfer. The rescued teenager was sent to a hospital and is reported to be in critical condition.
6/13/2017 Update: The body of the missing teenage that drown at Emerald isle has been found. He has been identified as Elijah Hinnant from Goldsboro, NC. He and some friends were swimming near the Bogue Inlet Pier around 6 p.m. Saturday when they got caught in a rip current. Elijah never made it to shore while his friend was rescued by a surfer. His body was found this morning Tuesday about 8 a.m. Someone saw something floating about 1,500 yards offshore.
On Saturday his friend was taken to Carteret Health Care and then airlifted to Vidant Medical Center. He is reported to still be in critical condition. Live-saving measures were performed on the boy after being brought to shore by the surfer.
The other teenage boy was unable to be located. The US Coast Guard was called in to help search. Sadly after a 25 hour search the Coast Guard was unsuccessful in locating the missing swimmer. Today (Sunday) the US Coast Guard called off their search after searching about 130 square nautical miles for more than 24 hours. The two teenage boys were from Wayne County in North Carolina. They had gone to the beach on Saturday for a few hours of beach time. Names of the boys have not been released.
The other teenager that drowned on a North Carolin beach was also 17 years old. His body was located early the next morning after he was reported missing trying to save another swimmer that was struggling in the water. The boy was found along a beach in Frisco on Hatteras Island at the Outer Banks. He was an exchange student from Thailand.
Near Kill Devil Hills a padddleboard (SUP), oar and ball cap was found washed up on shore soundside in Kitty Hawk Bay. A search for the missing paddleboarder was carried out but nothing was ever found. There were no reports of a missing person either. It is now thought that the paddleboard, oar and hat must have been blown out into the sound from a dock. Here is the picture of the paddleboard, oar and cap. If anyone recognizes the paddleboard please call the Kill Devil Hills Fire Department non-emergency line at 252-480-4060.
