UPDATE: Crane Hill man drowns at Smith Lake

Published 5:22 pm Monday, July 3, 2017

A swimming incident at 2:45 p.m. in the Rock Creek area of Lewis Smith Lake Monday has claimed the life of a Crane Hill man.

Kenneth Claude Sampsell, 62, drowned while swimming with family off a boat dock at a residence in Winston County, according to the Alabama State Troopers.

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Sampsell was pulled from the water immediately afterwards and pronounced dead. Nothing further is available as Troopers from ALEA’s Marine Patrol Division continue to investigate.