S.C. Police Officer Saves 3 Women, Child from Submerged Golf Cart
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North Myrtle Beach Police Sgt. Christopher Bellamy rescued three women and a 4-year-old boy after their golf cart overturned and submerged in a waterway on Sept. 27.
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Bellamy cut the victims free, pulled the unresponsive child from the water and performed CPR until the boy began breathing again.
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The department credited Bellamy’s quick response and decisive actions with saving the child’s life.
A North Myrtle Beach Police officer rescued three women and a young child from their golf cart, which was submerged in a body of water.
On Sept. 27, 2025, Sergeant Christopher Bellamy noticed an overturned golf cart in the waterway behind a residence at 406 33rd Ave. N. while conducting a routine patrol in the Cherry Grove Beach neighborhood, the police department shared on Facebook Wednesday. He heard screams coming from the back of the house, according to the police department’s post, and discovered a “chaotic scene.”
Bellamy was not immediately available for comment.
The golf cart was submerged on its side in about three feet of water, with three older females still buckled in, and bystanders attempting to extract them. Bellamy called for backup and entered the water to take charge of the situation, according to the police department.
As he began to help the three women out of the cart, one of them said that her 4-year-old grandson was beneath her, completely submerged in the water. Bellamy used his pocketknife to cut the woman free and access the child. When he tried to pull the boy out by his arm, he realized he was still strapped in.
He used his pocketknife again to cut the boy free, pulling his “lifeless body” out of the water, according to the police department.
Bellamy immediately laid the boy on the ground and began chest compressions, encouraging him to breathe alongside the boy’s mother, the police department wrote. After about 20 seconds of chest compressions, the boy “vomited water and began to have sporadic agonal breathing,” according to the police department.
Bellamy continued chest compressions and encouraged the boy to breathe. After a minute and a half, the boy woke up and began breathing on his own, continuing to cough up water.
The child was then taken to the hospital, where he made a full recovery, according to the police department.
“If it were not for Sergeant Bellamy’s keen awareness and quick actions, he would not have survived, as he was submerged underwater for approximately four minutes before Sergeant Bellamy freed him from the wreckage,” the department wrote. “Sergeant Bellamy’s calm leadership and steadfast actions most assuredly saved a precious life.”
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