North Carolina man drowns in North Myrtle Beach after suffering medical problem, coroner says

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — A North Carolina man vacationing on the Grand Strand died Saturday at a local hospital after being pulled from the ocean a day earlier in North Myrtle Beach, according to the Horry County Coroner’s Office.

Todd Hilliard, 63, of Kernersville, North Carolina, was pulled out of the water near 36^th Avenue

South in North Myrtle Beach on Friday afternoon, the coroner’s office said. He is believed to have suffered a medical problem that caused him to lose consciousness while wading or swimming.

The coroner’s office ruled his death a drowning.