(Franklin County, Va.) – A North Carolina man drowned in Smith Mountain Lake Sunday.

The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as 73-year-old Andrew Smith Jr. of Eastover, North Carolina.

Emergency personnel responded to a to a distress call on Bay Shore Drive in Moneta at around 3:00 p.m.

Smith was being treated by EMS personnel at the scene but was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials said initially that Smith drowned, but later indicated that a medical condition may have contributed to his death, which remains under investigation.

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