Updated: Area Man Drowns
posted 06/06/09
5:44 pm
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Franklin County, VA -
Police are now releasing the name of the man who drowned just north of Rocky Mount Saturday. They say 38-year-old Christopher Odum of Franklin County got caught in turbulence near a dam on the Blackwater River. We're told the canoe he was riding in capsized at around 2pm. Relatives tried to pull him out but were unsuccessful.
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