By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
The drowning victim from the incident on Mayfield Lake on Saturday has been identified as a 46-year-old Silver Creek man.
His name won’t be released until the coroner is able to talk with his family.
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office said he and a 49-year-old Tacoma resident had been fishing, but both went into the water when their boat drifted away after a brief stop a small island near the state Route 122 bridge at the northwest portion of the lake.
The 46-year-old stopped swimming about five feet short of the craft, and his companion went after him but turned back because of the cold temperatures, according to the sheriff’s office.
An employee at the nearby Ike Kinswa Park rescued the fisherman and brought him to shore where CPR was performed, but he was pronounced dead at Providence Centralia Hospital, Chief Civil Deputy Stacy Brown said.
The Tacoma man was taken to Morton General Hospital to be treated for hypothermia.
Brown said the two had been drinking.
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For background, read “Mayfield Lake incident claims one boater, another rescued” from Saturday April 26, 2014, here [1]