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Funeral services announced for Upstate college student killed in boating accident

Accident happened Friday night while Jack Franklin-Lee Hunt and another student were fishing, officials said

Funeral services announced for Upstate college student killed in boating accident

Accident happened Friday night while Jack Franklin-Lee Hunt and another student were fishing, officials said

THIS IS WYFF NEWS 4 AT 6:00. RENÉE: GOOD EVENING. I’M RENEE WUNDERLICH. TONIGHT- AN UPSTATE COLLEGE IS MOURNING THE LOSS OF A STUDENT - WHO DIED IN A BOATING ACCIDENT. IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AT AROUND 11:30, ON LAKE SECESSION, IN ABBEVILLE. THE ABBEVILLE COUNTY CORONER IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 18-YEAR-OLD JACK FRANKLIN-LEE HUNT, OF TOWNVILLE. HUNT WAS A FRESHMAN AT ERSKI COLLEGE. HE WAS ON THE SCHOOL’S BASS FISHING TEAM ACCORDING TO THE CORONER’S REPORT, HUNT WAS WITH ANOTHER STUDENT ON A BOAT. OFFICIALS SAY, THE BOAT HIT DEBRIS, WHICH THEN HIT HUNT, KILLING HIM. THE OTHER STUDENT WAS NOT INJURED, AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE BOAT TO A DOCK, TO MEET FIRST RESPONDERS >> APPARENTLY, THEY HAD BEEN OUT ON THE WATER, PARTICIPATING IN A FISHING TOURNAMENT, OR PREPARING FOR A FISHING TOURNAMENT. I’M NOT SURE OF THOSE FACTS. RENÉE: THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ABBEVILL COUNTY CORONER IS INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, BUT THE CORONE THE DEATH IS AN ACCIDENT. TELLS US IN A FACEBOOK POST - , THE FISHING TEAM SAID, FOR SOME MOMENTS IN LIFE THERE ARE NO WORDS. THEY SAY, WE ARE DEVASTATED YET BEYOND GRATEFUL, FOR OUR TIME WE HAD WITH JACK AND HIS PRESENCE HE WILL LEAVE ON THIS TEAM. THEY ASKED FOR PRAYERS FOR THE
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Funeral services announced for Upstate college student killed in boating accident

Accident happened Friday night while Jack Franklin-Lee Hunt and another student were fishing, officials said

Funeral arraignments have been announced for an Erskine College student who died in a boating accident on Lake Secession. Jack Franklin-Lee Hunt, 18, of Townville, was driving the boat Friday at 11:41 p.m. while two students were fishing when debris popped out of the water and hit him as he heading back to the landing dock, the coroner said.On Monday, Hunt's family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Sullivan-King Mortuary.Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Townville Baptist Church conducted by Rev. James Crittendon and Rev. Jacob Simmons.A burial will follow in the church cemetery.Members of the Wild Hog Bass Club and the Erskine Fishing team will serve as honorary pallbearers.Hunt was a member of the Erskine fishing team, officials said.The bass fishing team posted on Facebook Saturday afternoon, saying, "Last night, our family lost a brother, a teammate, a true friend, and a young man with a gift and pure passion for the sport of bass fishing." The post went on to say, "While two of our guys were night fishing, there was a freak boating accident, which ended tragic. We will never fully understand why this accident happened, but it shows us exactly how precious life is."Abbeville County coroner Mark Dorn has ruled Hunt's death accidental.

Funeral arraignments have been announced for an Erskine College student who died in a boating accident on Lake Secession.

Jack Franklin-Lee Hunt, 18, of Townville, was driving the boat Friday at 11:41 p.m. while two students were fishing when debris popped out of the water and hit him as he heading back to the landing dock, the coroner said.

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On Monday, Hunt's family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Sullivan-King Mortuary.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Townville Baptist Church conducted by Rev. James Crittendon and Rev. Jacob Simmons.

A burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Members of the Wild Hog Bass Club and the Erskine Fishing team will serve as honorary pallbearers.

Hunt was a member of the Erskine fishing team, officials said.

The bass fishing team posted on Facebook Saturday afternoon, saying, "Last night, our family lost a brother, a teammate, a true friend, and a young man with a gift and pure passion for the sport of bass fishing."

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The post went on to say, "While two of our guys were night fishing, there was a freak boating accident, which ended tragic. We will never fully understand why this accident happened, but it shows us exactly how precious life is."

Abbeville County coroner Mark Dorn has ruled Hunt's death accidental.