A 37-year-old man drowned Thursday at a popular Camden County swimming hole despite attempts by friends to rescue him.
Water collects in the basin of a former sand and gravel quarry on Piney Hollow Road in Winslow Township, making it a haven for local swimmers in the summer, according to an employee at a nearby contractor.
Police were called at 3 p.m. after two of the man's friends were unable to rescue him from the lake, which is roughly a half-mile long and a quarter-mile wide.
