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Tragedy Strikes As Ghanaian Footballer Drowns In A Lake In USA

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Sad news we are receiving says Englsih-born Ghanaian footballer, Derrick Otim has drowned to his death in a lake in the United States.

Reports reveal, Derrick drowned on Friday, July 3, in Lake Keowee South Carolina. He died at the age of 24.


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He had recently graduated from Xavier University and is said to have been visiting friends in South Carolina before his sudden death.

Before his death, he played as a midfielder of Nottingham Forest and Derrick Otim trained with Forest Academy before moving to America to further his education.

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Lake Keowee, in 2018, was branded South Carolina’s “most deadly body of water”. 32 people has reportedly lost their lives there within 25 years.

SOURCE: AfricaCelebrities.Com

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