Two Lowcountry residents are dead after attempting to swim the treacherous waters of Breach Inlet on May 6. An 18-year-old woman, Yoselin Lopez-Perez, and a 28-year-old man, Guillermo Quintero-Camacho from the Charleston area, were unresponsive after first responders from both Isle of Palms and Sullivan’s Island police and fire departments pulled them from the water and performed lifesaving procedures, following 911 calls from local witnesses saying that two swimmers were in distress.
EMS workers raced Lopez-Perez to East Cooper Medical Center, but she was pronounced dead from drowning shortly after arrival. Quintero-Camacho was taken to MUSC Trauma Center, where, despite hanging on, he remained unresponsive and was pronounced dead from drowning early the next morning.
“Isle of Palms Police is the investigating agency for this case and we are working with the Charleston County Coroner’s Office,” said Sgt. Matt Storen, special services and public information officer with IOPPD…