A sunny Sunday afternoon on the lake turned tragic after emergency workers responded to a drowning at Wellington Lake.
Not much information is known at this time, but officials say a call of a drowning was received at Sumner County Dispatch at around 6 p.m.
Wellington Fire and EMS rescue boats combed the lake and found a man, witnesses at the lake stated.
Witnesses, themselves boating at Roundabout Cove, said the man in his early 40s tried to swim after jumping off a boat in the lake and was unable to make it to shore.
Another reported drowning at Drury Dam along the Chikaskia River turned out much better for authorities after the man they were searching for walked over to the scene from a wooded area, Sumner County Sheriff Gerald Gilkey said.
For more information on these incidents, check back Monday with the Wellington News.
Wellington, Kan. —
