Daphne High School Student Drowns In The Styx River

Daphne High School Student Drowns In The Styx River (Added: July 08, 2009)

17-year-old Matt Studt who would've been a senior this fall went under around 4:10 p.m. Divers found the body around 8:00 p.m. (more)

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Daphne High School Student Drowns In The Styx River

17-year-old Matt Studt, who would've been a senior this fall, went under around 4:10 p.m. Divers found the body around 8:00 p.m.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: July 08, 2009

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Divers with Escambia Search & Rescue have found the body of a Daphne High School student who drowned in the Styx River.

According the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, five teenagers went swimming in the Styx River, off Juniper Road in Seminole. Around 4:10 pm, 17-year-old Matt Studt went under.

People on the scene say Studt could not swim. The water in Styx River is 45 feet deep at the swimming hole where Studt drowned.

Divers found Studt's body around 8:00 p.m.

Studt would've been a senior at Daphne High School this fall.

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