LOGAN COUNTY — A 28-year-old man’s body was recovered after his canoe overturned in Logan County on Saturday.
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News Center 7 previously reported that the Logan County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the Adventure Trails campground at the 3200 block of State Route 840 in Bellefontaine after a 28-year-old man who had been out on a canoe had gone into the water and had not surfaced.
Around 7:30 p.m., Logan County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Joe Kopus confirmed to News Center 7 that the body had been recovered.
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The man had been camping with his girlfriend and her daughter when he took the daughter out on a canoe, according to the sheriff’s office.
The woman’s daughter “began to scream after the canoe began taking on water,” according to the sheriff’s office.
The woman then got into a kayak and paddled out to their location to retrieve her daughter and return her to shore, but her boyfriend had gone underwater.
The woman told deputies she thought he was underneath the overturned canoe. She swam back out to the canoe, but was later pulled from the water by responding crews.
The man was not wearing a life jacket when he went into the water.
News Center 7 is working to learn more and will continue to provide updates.
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