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Coroner: 1 man dead after apparent drowning at Lake Cumberland Wednesday afternoon

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RUSSELL COUNTY, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — One man is dead after an apparent drowning on Lake Cumberland Wednesday afternoon, Russell County Coroner Mark Coots reports.

According to a release, the agency responded to the Caney Fork Creek area around 5:30 p.m. 28-year-old Joshua Wethington of Casey County was pronounced dead at the scene.

Wethington will be taken to Frankfort for an autopsy, Coots reports.