A rare brain-eating amoeba infection killed a 12-year-old child after he swam in a freshwater lake.

A rare brain-eating amoeba infection killed a 12-year-old child in after he swam in a South Carolina freshwater lake. Health officials emphasize safety measures, experts warn about Naegleria ...

ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - A man from Texas drowned Friday afternoon at Lake Murray. 43-year-old Aaron Madrid was riding a Sea-Doo when he fell off while trying to retrieve his hat.

A Texas man drowned at Lake Murray, Oklahoma, after attempting to retrieve a hat while on a Sea-Doo. Despite wearing a life jacket, he was unable to re-board and succumbed to the waves.

12-year-old Richland One student Jaysen Carr has been identified as the child who died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba earlier this week.

A fatal case of brain-eating amoeba has been reported in South Carolina, with health officials advising swimmers to take precautions in warm freshwater.

Funeral services for a 12-year-old Columbia-area middle school student who died July 18 after contracting a rare amoeba from South Carolina's Lake Murray will be held Saturday, July 26.

South Carolina's Fifth Congressional District Representative and one of the House's most conservative members, Ralph Norman, is set to enter SC's governor race.

Lake Murray, where Jaysen had been swimming, is a reservoir “constructed in the late 1920s to produce hydroelectric power,” according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

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