A Rock Hill woman drowned in the Broad River near Blacksburg on Friday evening shortly before a planned kayak trip.

Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler identified the victim as Teresa Ann Laney, 49, of 1505 Norris Drive.

An autopsy performed Saturday morning confirmed Laney drowned but Fowler said he is waiting on toxicology results before he issues a final ruling on the death.

Laney entered the water at the Pick Hill boat access area Friday at about 7:10 p.m., Fowler said.

A friend, Ray Rudder, also of Rock Hill, inflated a rubber kayak on shore to use with Laney in the Broad River.

“Mr. Rudder said Ms. Laney told him she was hot and was going to get in the water,” Fowler said. “When Mr. Rudder called out for her about five minutes later, she did not answer and he walked down to the shore. Some people in a boat told him they had just spotted a woman floating some 15 feet from shore and had called 9-1-1.”

Rudder and the people in the boat were able to get Laney out of the 5-foot-deep water and begin CPR, according to Fowler. Laney was taken to Upstate Carolina Medical Center by ambulance where she was pronounced dead.

Laney is the second person to drown in Cherokee County in the past two weeks.

The Cherokee County Coroner’s Office is still trying to determine the identity of a migrant worker who drowned July 9 in a swimming pool at Homestead Lodge in Gaffney, Fowler said. The drowning victim had no documentation on him or among his belongings.

Fowler said he is working with a representative from the Guatemalan Council and the United States Homeland Security Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement to identify the man.

“A story with the man’s photo was sent to be published in Guatemala and Honduras newspapers this weekend,” Fowler said Sunday afternoon. “We hope one of his family members will recognize the man and contact the Guatemalan Council to help us identify the man.”

The victim is described as 5-feet, 1 inch tall, weighing between 130 and 140 pounds. He had blue eyes and black curly hair.

Anyone with information about the man is asked to call 9-1-1 or the coroner’s office at (864) 487-6225.