PRESTONSBURG, Ky. (WMDJ) — Authorities have identified the man who drowned Friday evening at Dewey Lake.
Floyd County Coroner Greg Nelson identified the victim as 22-year-old Damon Adams of Prestonsburg.
According to emergency officials, a 911 call was received at approximately 7:22 p.m. reporting that a swimmer had gone underwater near the main channel of Dewey Lake and did not resurface.
A large-scale search effort followed, involving Prestonsburg Police, Prestonsburg Fire Department, Floyd County Rescue Squad, Floyd County Emergency Management, the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
First responders located Adams at the bottom of the lake's main channel at approximately 8:48 p.m.
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, which has jurisdiction over incidents on Kentucky waterways, is continuing to investigate the drowning.
The incident remains under investigation.






