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.

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.