Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating the death of a Princeton man after the boat he was in capsized Thursday morning on a private lake in Pike County.

Brandon L. King, 49, of Princeton, was fishing about a mile and a half north of the town of Winslow when the jon boat he was in tipped over. A witness to the accident called for help.

Pike County deputies were able to get King to shore, but life saving measures by Pike County Emergency Medical Services were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead on scene. King was not wearing a life jacket at the time of the accident.

The preliminary cause of death has been ruled drowning.

Responding agencies included the Pike County Sheriff’s Department, Pike County Emergency Medical Services, Petersburg Fire Department and Patoka Fire Department.

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