CENTRE, Ala. – Authorities say one of three bodies pulled from a vehicle that was submerged in a northeast Alabama lake has been identified.
Cherokee County officials say 41-year-old Bobby DeWayne Hyatt, of Piedmont, was pulled from a vehicle found upside down last Thursday in Weiss Lake.
The bodies of two other passengers – an unidentified man and woman – have been sent to the Department of Forensic Sciences in Huntsville for autopsies.
Authorities say a fisherman discovered the submerged vehicle and the victims’ deaths are being investigated as a traffic accident.