A47-year-old Hutchinson man, Brannon Paul Curiel, drowned Saturday evening at Kanopolis Lake in a kayak-related incident.

According to the Ellsworth County Sheriff ’s Office, dispatch received a call at 6:28 p.m. of a potential drowning.

In addition to the sheriff ’s office, the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Marquette EMS, McPherson Fire Department Swift Water Rescue and the Saline County Sheriff ’s Office Mounted Patrol and Rescue Squad responded to the area.

Curiel’s body was recovered from the water and subsequently pronounced deceased by the Ellsworth County Coroner.

The fatality remains under investigation.